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map skills
vocab
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| compass rose | a circular direction marker on a map |
| cardinal directions | main directions;northeast northwest southeast southwest |
| intermediate directions | the "between" directions northeast northwest southeast south west |
| map key | part of a map that explains what the symbols on the map stand for |
| map scale | part of a map that compares a distance on the map to a dictance 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 mountains desserts and plains |
| political map | shows boundaries of countries and states ; locations of major cities and importand bodies of water |
| historical map | a map that gives imformation about a place that was in the past |
| grid system | an arrangement of lines that divides something into squares such as a map |
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