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world geography chapter 1 vocab

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cylindrical projections   a map of earth created by projecting earth's image onto a cylinder  
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Planer projections   a map created by projecting an image of the earth onto a plane  
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conic projections   a map of the earth created by placing a cone over part of the earth's modle  
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laditude   distance north or south of the equator measured in dergees  
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longitude   distance measured in degrees or time east or west from the prime meridian  
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key   a map legend  
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scale bar   shows the relationship between map measurement and actual distances  
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compass rose   map tool that indicates direction (north, south, east, west)  
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cardinal directions   the four principal courses of routes north, south, east, west,  
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intermediate directions   the courses northeast, northwest, southeast, southwest  
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scale   size of a picture, plan or model compared to the thing itself  
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