Geography Intro

Name: ______________________   Date: ____________

Use the clues to fill in the crossword.

Across

  1. 7. Something visible that by association or convention represents something else that is invisible (6)
  2. 8. The angular distance between a point on any meridian and the prime meridian at Greenwich (9)
  3. 10. The angular distance between an imaginary line around a heavenly body parallel to its equator (8)
  4. 11. Half of the terrestrial globe (10)
  5. 14. Continent with the Sahara desert (6)
  6. 15. A person who fixes the boundaries of land claims (7)

Down

  1. 1. Continent that includes France and Italy (6)
  2. 2. Tool for weighing things; also a set of musical notes (5)
  3. 3. Largest continent on Earth (4)
  4. 4. The European mainland (9)
  5. 5. An extremely cold continent at the south pole almost entirely below the ___ Circle (10)
  6. 6. Country and continent known for kangaroos (9)
  7. 9. The highest level or degree attainable (8)
  8. 12. An imaginary line around the Earth forming the great circle that is equidistant from the north (7)
  9. 13. Something having the property of being analogous to something else (8)