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vocab
Term | Definition |
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compass rose | a cicular direction marker on map |
cardinal directions | main directions north,south,west,east |
itemediate directions | the line between directions ,nw, ne;sw;se |
map key | part of a map that explains what the symbol on the map stand for |
map scale | part of a map that compares a distance in the real world |
map tile | words on a map that tells the subject of a map |
inset map | a smaller map set inside a lager map |
physical map | primary purpose is to show landforms like mountains descrts and |
plains. | |
politcal map | shows boundaries of countries and states; locations of major cities and imporntition bodies of water |
historcal map | a map thatgives information about a place as it was in the past |
grid system | an angrement of lines thatdivides something into square such as a map |