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vocab
Term | Definition |
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compass ross | a circular directions marker on a map . |
cardinal directions | main directions; north,south ,west ,east . |
intermediate directions | the '' in between '' directions ;nw, ne, sw, se . |
map key | part of a map that explains what the symbols on the map stands for . |
map scale | part of a map that comepares a distance or the map to a distance in the real world . |
map title | wmap ords on a map that tell the subject of a map . |
physical map | primary purposeis to show land forms like mountains deserts and plains . |
political map | show boundairys of countrys and states ;locations of major citites and important bodies of water . |
historical map | a map that gives imformation about a place as it was in the past . |
gid system | an arangement of lines that divides something into squares such as a map . |