Geography Terms to Remember

Name: ______________________   Date: ____________

Use the clues to fill in the crossword.

Across

  1. 3. Largest continent on Earth (4)
  2. 4. The angular distance between a point on any meridian and the prime meridian at Greenwich (9)
  3. 6. The natural world around us (11)
  4. 9. A continent in the western hemisphere connected to North ___ by the Isthmus of Panama (12)
  5. 11. A system of high tension cables by which electrical power is distributed throughout a region (4)
  6. 13. Of or relating to the act of ___ (10)
  7. 14. A story about mythical or supernatural beings or events (6)
  8. 15. Any living or extinct member of the family Hominidae characterized by superior intelligence (5)

Down

  1. 1. An imaginary line around the Earth parallel to the equator (8)
  2. 2. A change of position that does not entail a change of location (8)
  3. 5. A continent in the western hemisphere connected to South ___ by the Isthmus of Panama (12)
  4. 6. Continent that includes France and Italy (6)
  5. 7. Half of the terrestrial globe (10)
  6. 8. A mathematical relation such that each element of a given set is associated with an element (3)
  7. 10. Continent with the Sahara desert (6)
  8. 12. Study of the earth's surface (9)