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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| A book of maps. | Atlas. |
| Height above sea level. | elevation. |
| A small symbol that shows direction on a map. | Compass rose |
| A half of the Earth. | hemisphere |
| Study or the Earth and everything on it. | Geography. |
| Latitude line 66 1/2 degrees north. | Artic Circle |
| Latitude line 66 1/2 south | Antartic Circle |
| meridians that run north/ south on a map or globe | longitude |
| Shows specific info like climate or population | Thematic map |
| measures distance on a map | scale bar |
| A guide to the symbolon a map | map key |
| relationship between the distance in real life and the distance on a map | map sclae |
| North, South, East, West | Cardinal dircitions |
| Average wether patter of an area | climate |
| The main line of latitude | Equater |
| pie- shape graph Shows" whole divided | circle graph |
| a ball shaped map of the earth | globe |
| Averagenumber of people per square mile | population density |
| a graph that compares infomation | bar graph |
| when latitude/ longitude ines cross each other | grid system |
| Makes comarison- uses symbols/ pictures | pictograph |
| how far and in what direction one place is to another | relative location |
| a graph way of presenting info in an organized way | chart |
| a map showing people made boundaries | political map |
| shows elevation | phyiscal map |
| the exact position of a place on Earth | absolute location |
| shows climate weather in spefic place | clomite graph |