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vocab
Term | Definition |
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compass rose | a circular direction marker on a map |
cardinal directions | main directions such as NORTH EAST SOUTH WEST |
intermediate directions | the in between directions such as NW NE SW SE |
map key | part of a map that explains what the symbols on the 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 |
insect map | a smaller map inside a larger map |
physical map | a primary purpose is to show land forms like mountans deserts,and plains |
political map | shows boundarys of countrys and states ;locations of major cities and important bodies of waters. |
historical map | a map that gives information about a place as it was in the past |
grid system | an arangment of lines that divide something into squara such as a map |