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Map Skills Lesson #1
Using Latitude and Longitude (pp. 2-9)
word | definition |
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orientation | the location of direction on maps |
parallel | a line of latitude; east-west lines drawn on maps |
latitude | distances north or south of Equator |
hemisphere | one half of the earth |
longitude | distances east or west of the Prime Meridian |
geographic coordinates | numbers in the geographic grid system that give latitude and longitude of a place |
compass rose | drawing used to show orientation on maps that do not have a grid system |
key | part of a map that explains the symbols used |
meridian | line of longitude; any north-south lines drawn on maps |