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Unit 1 Vocabulary

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What is a Book of Maps?   Atlas  
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What is the Height Above Sea Level called.   Elevation  
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What is the study of the earth and everything on it?   Geography  
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What makes a comparison through pictures and symbols?   Pictograph  
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What do the Lattitude and Longitude lines make up?   The grid system  
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What are North, South East and West?   Cardinal Directions  
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What are ordinal directions?   Directions in between the cardinal directions. EX: Northeast, Northwest, Southeast, Southwest  
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What is the name of a spherical map of the earth?   The globe  
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What is Lattitude?   West and East  
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What is Longitude?   North and South  
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What is the name of the relationship between the distance in real life and the distance on a map?   Map scale  
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What is the name of the main line of lattitude?   Equator  
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What is the name of the main line of longitude?   Prime Meridian  
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What is the name of the average number of people per square mile?   Population Destiny  
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What is the name of a map showing what an area's land is used for?   Land Use Map  
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What is the name of how far in what direction one place is to another?   Relative Location  
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What is the name of a small symbol that shows direction on a map?   Compass Rose  
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What is a pie-shaped graph that shows a "whole" divided?   Circle Graph/ Pie Chart  
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What is the name of a half of the earth?   A Hemisphere  
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What is the name of the exact location of something on earth?   Absolute Location  
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What is the name of a map that shows an area's elevation?   Elevation Map  
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What is the name of a graph that shows the climate or weather patterns in an area?   A Climograph  
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What do we call a graphic way of presenting information in an organized way?   A Chart  
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What is the Artic Circle?   Lattitude Line 66 1/2 Degrees North  
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What is the Antartic Circle?   Longitude Line 66 1/2 Degrees South  
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What is a map that shows specific information?   Thematic Map  
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