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map skills
vocab
Term | Definition |
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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 |