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Map Skills
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What is a political map? | a map that shows cities, states or countries |
| What is a physical map? | a map that shows landforms, bodies of water, or resources |
| what is latitude? | lines that cross the globe from east to west |
| what is longitude? | lines that cross the globe from north to south |
| what is the equator? | 0 degrees line of latitude (runs east to west) |
| What is the Prime Meridian? | 0 degrees line of longitude (runs north to south) |
| What is a Compass Rose? | a tool used to find directions on a map |
| What is a legend or map key? | a tool (usually a box) found on a map that has a list of symbols, and a definition of what each symbol means, like capital or highway names, etc |
| What are the Rocky Mountains? | a mountain range that is found in the western part of the United States |
| What are the Appalachian Mountains? | a mountain range that is found in the eastern part of the United States |