maps skills Word Scramble
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Question | Answer |
globe | a model of the earth that shows the earth's shape, lands, distances, and directions. |
hemisphere | divides the earth into halves the northern and southern, eastern and western |
latitude | are stacked rings north and south of the equator measured by parallels |
longitude | are locations eat or west of the prime meridian measured by meridian |
grid system | locate places on the earth, goegrapher's use a system of imaginary lines that crisscross |
absolute location | by naming the latitude and longitude lines that cross exactly at the place |
great cricle route | an imaginary line that follows the curve of the earth |
projections | ways of showing the earth on a flat piece of paper |
map key | explains the lines, symbols, and colors used on a map. |
cardinal directions | a map has a symbol north, south, east, and west |
scale | a tool to measure the length on a map |
geographic information system (GIS) | system designed to present all types of geograhical data |
intermediate directions | northeast, southeast, southwest, and northwest the 4 points half way between cardinal directions |
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