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Map Skills
Vocab
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Compass Rose | a circular direction marker on a map . |
| Cardinal Directions | main directions ; north, south, east, west . |
| Intermediate Directions | the " in between " directions ; NW, NE, SW,SE . |
| Map Key | part of a map that explains what the symbols on the map stands for . |
| Map Scale | part of a map that compares 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 mountains, deserts, and plains . |
| Political Map | shows boundaries of countries and states ; locations of major cities and important bodies of water . |
| Historical Map | a map that gives information about a place as if it was in the past . |
| Grid System | an arrangement of lines that divides something into squares such as a map . |