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Chapter 2 Vocab ss
social studies
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| the place where something is found | location |
| a large group of mountains | mountain range |
| the seven largest land areas on earth | continents |
| a model of the earth | globe |
| half of the globe when it is divided into either northern and southern halves or eastern and western halves | hemisphere |
| a line that circles a globe halfway between the north pole and the south pole | equator |
| a picture that shows the location of things | map |
| an area of land with its own people and laws;a country | nation |
| a line on a map that shows where a state or nation ends | border |
| a title that tells what a map is about | map title |
| a symbol that stands for something real on earth | map symbol |
| a box on a map in which mapo symbols are explained; also called a map legend | map key |
| a map feature used to measure the distance between two places; it tells what the distance on the map equals o the real Earth. | distance scale |
| A dreawing on a map that shows the cardinal directions to help people use the map. | compass rose |
| The main directions North, South, East and West. | cardinal directions |
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