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vocab
Term | Definition |
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Compass Rose | a circular direction marker on a map |
Cardinal Directions | main directions; 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 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 |
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 citites and important bodies of water |
Historical Map | a map that gives information about a place as it was in the past |
Grid System | an arrangement of lines that divides something into squares such as a map |