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map skills
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 tells what the symbols on the map stand 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 tells tells the subject of the map |
| inset map | a smaller map set inside a larger map |
| physical map | primary purpose is to show land forms 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 it was in the past |
| grid system | an arrangement of lines that divides something into squares such as a map |
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