map skills vocab. words
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| map projection | a way of showing the earth on a piece of paper
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| compass rose | shows direction on a map
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| cardinal directions | North, South, East, West
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| intermediate directions | NW, NE, SW, SE
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| Hemisphere | half of the globe
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| Equator | an imaginary line that circles the middle of the earth, and makes the northern and southern hemispheres
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| Prime Meridian | an imaginary line that runs from the north pole to the south pole and makes the eastern and western hemispheres
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| Grid | the seven lines used to find a location on a map
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| Degree | a unit of measurement of latitude and longitude
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| Latitude | imaginary parallel lines that circle the middle of the earth;they run east to west and measure distance north or south of the equator
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| Longitude | imaginary lines or meridians that run north to south and measure distance east or west of the prime meridian
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| absolute location | exact position of a place on the earth’s surface;measured in latitude and longitude
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| GPS | Global positioning system; a device that receives signals from satellites to tell exact locations on the earth
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| Legend | tells what symbols and colors mean on a map
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| Scale | shows distance on a map
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| fractional scale- | 1:100,000
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| verbal scale | one inch=one mile
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| political map | map that shows human- made features
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| reference map | map that shows important features of an area (ex: political and physical maps)
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| planimetric map | shows only horizontal position of features on Earth’s surface
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| topographic map | shows horizontal position of features on Earth’s surface
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| thematic map- | map that shows specific topics in detail:
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| GIS | geographic information system; computer software that helps geographers gather and use information about a place
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