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Map Knowledge and Skills

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Map   a visual representation of a particular area  
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limitations to using maps   they cannot accurately represent a sphere on a flat surface without distorting the distance, size, direction and shape of water and land forms  
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climate map   displays weather and typical climactic conditions of the region  
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conformal map   present land masses and the retention of popular shapes, but they are often distorted  
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equal area map   shows land areas with relatively popular sizes; however, distortion can occur  
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factbook maps   examines the actual facts of events or activities in certain regions of specific places example: life expectancy rates, energy consumption  
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historical map   illustrates the people of that area and population example trade routes, religion  
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mental map   a sketch in a person's mind in this constructed mentally without any particular references; demonstrates what a person knows about locations and characteristics of places  
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physical map   reveals that features of actual geographical surfaces, like mountains or rivers, in the underlying geological structures, such as rocks or fault lines  
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outline map   shows some geographic features but does not include others  
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political map   demonstrates government boundaries and territorial borders for major countries, states, territories, provinces and so on  
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topographical map   exhibit a three-dimensional variation in the topography of land and water areas  
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thematic map   demonstrates the location of specific ideas or distributions example: population of children, languages of the world, and times zones  
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Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Antarctica, Europe, and Australia   the seven continents in order by size  
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Pacific Atlantic Arctic Indian and Southern oceans   the five major oceans in order by size  
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Bays   San Francisco Bay United States bay of pigs Cuba Hudson Bay Canada Bay of Banderas Mexico Chesapeake Bay United States Bay of Bengal India  
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Capes   Cape of good Hope Cape Cod Cape Morris jessu  
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canals   Panama Canal central America Suez Canal grand Canal of China  
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canyons   Grand Canyon Arizona Waimea Canyon Kauai Chaco Canyon New Mexico Bryce Canyon Utah Zion Canyon Utah Copper Canyon Mexico Hells Canyon Idaho  
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canyons   Canyon de Chelley Arizona Yarlung Tsangpo China Cotahuasi Africa Black Canyon Colorado cheddar George England  
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gulfs   Persian Gulf Saudi Arabia and Iran Arabian golf golf of California United States golf of Mexico United States and Mexico Gulf of Aden between Red Sea and Arabian Sea  
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islands   Greenland Great Britain New Zealand Aleutian Islands Alaska Hawaiian islands Philippine islands 7100 islands Venice Italy built on 118 islands Caribbean islands Falkland Islands British islands Japan Azores  
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lakes   great salt lake Utah the Great Lakes United States Caspian Sea Iran Victoria Lake Africa Tangan Yika East Africa  
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mountain ranges   Kangchenjunga, Rockies, Alps, Mount Everest,Sierra Nevada, Appalachian, K-two, Mount McKinley, Matterhorn, Mount Cook, Kilimanjaro, Cascades Mt. Rainier  
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peninsulas   Florida, Italy, Panama, Baja  
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Seas   Arabian Sea, Black Sea, coral see, Greenland Sea, Red Sea, Sea of Japan, Tasman Sea  
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waterfalls   Niagara Falls United States and Canada, Angel falls Venezuela, bearing false Australia, Victorian balls Africa, Yosemite Falls United States  
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anthropologist   a person who studies the history of people such as culture and language example: bones  
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cartographer   a person who studies the science or practice of map drawing  
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geographer   a person who studies land formations and the earth's composition  
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meteorologist   a person who studies climates and the effects on the earth  
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sociologist   person who studies the behaviors of people and how they impact the world  
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typographer   a person who designs described and developed maps  
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regions   cultural groupings not dependent upon government or political rule, formed by a common history and geography as well as she by economics literature and folklore.  
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New England region   Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Vermont  
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mid Atlantic region   Delaware, Maryland, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania  
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the South region   Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, West Virginia  
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the Midwest region   Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, South Dakota, Wisconsin,  
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the Southwest region   Arizona, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas,  
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the Western region   Alaska, Colorado, California, Hawaii, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, or gone, Utah, Washington, Wyoming  
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Archipelago   a chain or group of islands in a sea or ocean  
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atoll   a ring or partial ring of coral that forms an island in the sea or ocean  
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bluff   a cliff  
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Butte   high isolated black rock or he'll with steep sides formed by the impact of tectonic plates  
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Canyon   deep valley curbed by a river with very steep sides includes a deep gorge with a running stream or river  
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cape   a narrow pointed piece of land that juts out from a coastline into a body of water  
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Cave   a large hole or hollow in the ground or side Of a mountain  
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cliff   A steep face of rock and soil  
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cavern   a cave especially large and dark  
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col   a mountain pass; a depression in the Summit line of a chain of mountains  
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Continent   a large mass of land, of which there are seven that covers a specific area of the Earth's surface  
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Delta   silt, sand, and rock which is low watery land formed at the mouth of a river and often shaped like a triangle  
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desert   a watery dry bearing area with little to no rainfall, mostly sand covered  
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dunes   a hill or ridge made of sand and shaped by wind  
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Equator   an imaginary circle around the Earth halfway between the poles that divided North and South Hemisphere  
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hill   a raised area or mound of land smaller than a mountain  
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Island   a small area of land surrounded on all sides by water  
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