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vocab
Term | Definition |
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latitude | imaginary Horizontial lines |
longitude | imaginary vertical lines |
prime meridian | imaginary lines that run up and down the earth dividing the east from the west |
equator | imaginary line that runs across the earth making it north and south |
parallels | is latitude |
meridians | is longitude |
compass rose | shows the direction from any point on the map north east south west |
map key | a table or segment on a map that contains a list of symbols icons on the map and tells there meanings |
map scale | shows you how bg or small the map is compared to how it actually is |
cardinal directions | north south east west |
intermediate directions | northeast southeast northwest southwest |
inset map | a smaller map next to a bigger map |
map title | tells us the context or its purpose |
grid | north south and east west lines inersect on a map to form squares |
symbols | what maps use to show other features on a map |