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vocab
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| 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 a map stand for. |
| map scale | part of a map that compare a distance on a map to a distance in the real world . |
| map title | words on a map that tell a subject of a map. |
| inset map | a smaller map inside of a larger map |
| physical map | primary purpose is to show land form 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 it was in the past |
| grid map | an arrangement of lines that divides something into squares such as a map |