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Map skills
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| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Map | a representation of some part of the earth's surface |
| Physical map | shows natural features like mountains and rivers |
| Political map | shows borders between cities, states, and countries. These can shift as wars are fought and the government makes changes |
| Historical map | shows movements of people, changing borders, battles, etc. |
| Symbols | little pictures used to represent something on a map |
| Legend[key] | tells you what the symbols, lines, and colors on a map mean |
| Labels | words that can explain something about the map |
| Compass Rose | tells you what north, south, east and west are |
| Scale | shows the ratio between the distance on a map and the distance in real life |
| latitude and longitude | can tell you your exact location on the planet |
| longitude | run north south on the globe |
| degree | what each longitude line is called |
| Prime Meridian | the 0 degree longitude line that runs through Greenwitch, England |
| latitude | run east west on the globe |
| Equator | 0 degrees latitude |
| North Pole | 90 degrees north of the equator |
| South Pole | 90 degrees south of the equator |
| Minutes | lines used for more precise locations between latitude and longitude lines. sixty of them between each degree of latitude and longitude |
| Seconds | used for more precise locations between latitude and longitude lines. sixty of them between each minute line |
| GPS Tracking Device | tracks your position on the earth in latitude, longitude, second, and minute lines. |
| GPS | stands for global positioning system |
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