global map

• Globe


  A sphere that measures either the geophysical of the earth's land mass or the political boundaries of the different countries of the world
• Circles


  • The circumference of the earth is divided into 360 degrees
  • Longitudes and Latitudes are separated by fifteen (15) degrees
  • A degree is the unit that measures distances between Latitudes or Longitudes
• Cardinal Points

  there are four cardinal points in a compass - North, East, South and West.
• Longitudes


  Imaginary lines that stretching from North Pole to South Pole
• Latitudes


  Imaginary lines stretching from the Prime Meridian West up to the International Date Line
• Zone


  The area between two longitudes
• Prime Meridian


  • The first meridian or the first Longitude
  • Also referred to as Greenwich Meridian Time
• International Date Line


  The last meridian or where the +180 degrees and the -180 meet
• Equator


  • The imaginary line that encircles the middle (the waist) of the earth
  • It is equidistant from the North and South Poles
• Northern Hemisphere


  All the area north of the equator
• Southern Hemisphere


  All the area south of the equator
• Temperate Zones


  • The areas between the North Pole and the Tropic of Cancer and areas between the Tropic of Capricorn and the South Poles
  • The wind normally blows from west to east, and is called Temperate Winds
• Tropical Zones


  • The areas between the Tropic of Cancer and the Equator in the north and between the Equator and the Tropic of Cancer in the South
  • The wind normally blows from east to west, and called Trade Winds
• Tropic of Cancer


  An imaginary line 23 degrees north of the Equator that encircles the earth
• Tropic of Capricorn


  An imaginary line 23 degrees south of the Equator that encircles the earth
• North Pole


  • The top of the earth
  • The true north
  • Where Arctic is
• Magnetic North


  The direction all compasses point to
• South Pole


  • The bottom of the earth
  • Where Antarctic is
• ante meridiem


  before midday
• post meridiem


  after midday
• am


  Time before noon
• pm


  Time after noon
• Northern Hemisphere


  • Half of the Earth which lies to the equator's north
• Southern Hemisphere


  • Lies to the south of the planet Earth's equator