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Vocab
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Compass Rose | a circular direction marker on a map |
| Cardinal Directions | main directions; North, South,East,West |
| Intermediate Flow | the "in between" directions; Northeast,Southwest,Northwest,Southeast |
| Map Key | part of a map that explains what 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 tell a subject on the map |
| Inset Map | a smaller set inside a larger map |
| Physical Map | primary purpose is to show landforms like moutains, deserts and plains |
| Political Map | shows boundaries of countries and states; locations and major cities and important bodies of water |
| Historical | a map that gives information about a place as it was in he past |
| Grid Map | a arrangement of lines that divides something into sqaures such as a map |