1. Latitude and Longitude

2. LONGITUDE
Imaginary lines running from North to South that are used to measure distances from the Prime Meridian. (below in red)

3. Prime Meridian
The imaginary line which runs from North pole to South pole through Greenwich, England. It is from this line the East and west are determined.

4. MERIDIANS
Name for the lines of longitude

5. LATITUDE
Imaginary lines running east and west that are used to measure distances from the Earth’s equator

6. EQUATOR
The great imaginary circle around the middle of the earth that separates North from South.

7. parallels
The name for the lines of latitude

8. Globe
A sphere on which a map of the Earth is placed.

9. POLES
Either of the 2 extreme positions north or south on the Earth

10. DEGREES
Units of measurement for latitude and longitude. There are 360 of them in a circle.

11. CARDINAL DIRECTIONS
The four main directions on a globe or map.