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vocab
Term | Definition |
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Compass Rose | a circular direction maker on a map |
Cardinal Direction | main direction ;north,south,west,east. |
Intermediate Direction | the "in between" directions; northeast,northwest,southeast,southwest |
Map Key | part of a map that explains what the symbols on the map stand for |
Map Scale | part of a map that compare a distance on the map to a distance in the real world |
Map Title | words on a map that tell the subject of |
Inset Map | a smaller map set inside a larger map |
Physical Map | |
Politacal Map | shows boundaries of countries and states; location of major citites and important bodies of water |
History 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 |