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Map Vocab 1
Must Know Map Skills Vocabulary
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Mental Map | Any visual image in our brain to help us get around in our environment |
| Political Map | It shows human made boundaries and features |
| Physical Map | It shows natural features like land and water forms |
| Direction | Point towards which something faces or a line along which it moves |
| Special Purpose Map | It shows one particular subject or topic on a map |
| Scale | It shows what distances on the map are equal to in reality on earth |
| Key/Legend | Part of a map that explains its symbols |
| Grid | Pattern of crisscrossing lines to help us locate places on a map |
| Compass Rose | It shows the directions on a map |
| Map Index | Part of a map that tells where places are on the map using grid coordinates |
| Atlas | Book of maps |