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map skills
vocab
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| compass rose | a circular direction marker on a map |
| cardinal directions | main direction north,south,west,east |
| intermediate directions | the''in between''directions;northeast,northwest,southeast,southwest |
| map key | part of a map that explains what the symbols on a map stand for |
| map scale | part of a map that compare a distance on the map to a distance in the real world |
| map title | words on a map that tell the subject of a map |
| inset map | a smaller map set inside a larger map |
| physical map | primary purpose is to show landforms like mountain,deserts,plains |
| palitical map | shows bounderies of countries and states; location of major cities and important bodies of water |
| historical map | a map that gives information about a place as it was in the past |
| grid system | an arrangment of lines that divides something into sqaures such as a map |
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