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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, South,East,West |
Intermediate Flow | the "in between" directions; Northeast,Southwest,Northwest,Southeast |
Map Key | part of a map that explains what symbols on the map stand for |
Map Scale | part of a map that compares a distance on the map to a distance in the real world |
Map Title | words on a map that tell a subject on the map |
Inset Map | a smaller set inside a larger map |
Physical Map | primary purpose is to show landforms like moutains, deserts and plains |
Political Map | shows boundaries of countries and states; locations and major cities and important bodies of water |
Historical | a map that gives information about a place as it was in he past |
Grid Map | a arrangement of lines that divides something into sqaures such as a map |