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vocab
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| compass rose | a circualar directions maker on a map |
| cardinal directions | main directions ; north, south, west, east |
| intermediate directions | the in between directions; northwest, southeast, southwest |
| map key | part of 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 the 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 montains deserts and plains |
| political map | shows boundaries of countries and states locations of major cities and important bodies of water |
| historical map | shows a place es it was in the past |
| grid system | an arrangement of lines that divide something into squares such as map |