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Vaughan
Map Skills
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| map title | tells what the map is about |
| symbol | a picture that represents a real building, or place (such as a park) |
| map symbol | the picture symbols on a map |
| map key | what the picture symbols on a map stand for |
| scale | used to measure distance from place to place on a map |
| compass rose | shows the cardinal and intermediate directions |
| cardinal directions | North, South, East, West |
| Intermediate directions | Northeast, Northwest, Southeast, Southwest |
| Map Grid | helps locate places |
| Meridians | lines that measure North and South |
| Parallels | Lines that measure East and West |
| Longitude | Measure distance East or West of the Prime Meridian |
| Latitude | Measure distance from the Equator towards either pole |
| Prime Meridian | Zero degrees Longitude |
| Equatior | Zero degrees Latitude |
| Globe | model of the Earth |
| Continents | large bodies of land |
| oceans | large bodies of salt water |
| sphere | object shaped like a ball; 3D |
| hemisphere | one half of the globe |
| Equator | imaginary line running east and west, half way between the North and South Poles |
| latitude lines | run east and west but measure north and south |
| longitude lines | run north and south, but measure east and west |
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