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Map Skills
vocabulary
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Compass Rose | A circular direction marker on a map |
| Cardinal Directions | Main directions North South East West |
| Intermediate Directions | The "inbetween" directions;NW NE SW SE |
| Map Key | Part of a map that explains what the symbols on the map stand for |
| Map Sale | Part of a map compares a distance on the map to a distance in the real world |
| Map Title | Words on a map that tell the subject of a map |
| Inset Map | A smaller map set in 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 as it was in the past |
| Grid System | An arrangement of lines that divides something into squares such as a map |