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vocab
Term | Definition |
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compass rose | a circular direction marker on a map |
cardinal directions | main directions; north,west,south,east |
intermediate directions | the "in between" directions; northeast, northwest, southwest, southeast |
map key | part of a map that explains what the symbols on the map stand for |
map scale | part of a map that compares a distance in the real world |
map title | words on a map that tell the subject of a map |
inset map | a smaller map set inside a larger map |
physical map | primary surface to show landforms like mountains,deserts,and plains |
political map | shows boundaries of countries and states; locations of major cities and important bodies of water |
historical map | a map that gives information about a place as it was in the past |
grid system | an arrangement of lines that divides something into squares such as a map |