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chapter 1 WG
world geography chapter 1 vocab
Term | Definition |
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cylindrical projections | a map of earth created by projecting earth's image onto a cylinder |
Planer projections | a map created by projecting an image of the earth onto a plane |
conic projections | a map of the earth created by placing a cone over part of the earth's modle |
laditude | distance north or south of the equator measured in dergees |
longitude | distance measured in degrees or time east or west from the prime meridian |
key | a map legend |
scale bar | shows the relationship between map measurement and actual distances |
compass rose | map tool that indicates direction (north, south, east, west) |
cardinal directions | the four principal courses of routes north, south, east, west, |
intermediate directions | the courses northeast, northwest, southeast, southwest |
scale | size of a picture, plan or model compared to the thing itself |