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Geography
Chapter 9 Ohio in the United States
Term | Definition |
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relative location | the location of a place relative to other places |
physical characteristics | natural parts of the land, like rivers, lakes or mountains |
human characteristics | things that people have added to a place, like a city, road, school or state border. |
cardinal directions | the four main points of the compass-north, south, east and west |
intermediate directions | points of the compass that fall between cardinal directions |
compass rose | a map tool that allows you to determine cardinal and intermediate directions. |
map scale | shows the relationship between a unit of length on a map and corresponding length on the earth's surface. |