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vocab
Term | Definition |
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compass rosa | a circular direction marker on a map |
cardinal directions | main directions north south west east |
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 scale | part on a map that compares a distance in the real world |
map title | worlds on a map that tell the subject of a map |
inset map | a smaller map set inside a larger map |
physcial map | primary purpose is to show landforms like mountains desrts and plains |
political map | shows boundaries of countries and states locations of major cities and importanat and 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 the divides something into squares such as a map |