UNIT 1: Map & Globe Skills Vocabulary
Quiz yourself by thinking what should be in
each of the black spaces below before clicking
on it to display the answer.
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| globe | a small representation of Earth in the shape of a sphere
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| compass rose | a symbol on a map that shows directions
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| latitude | imaginary lines on a map or globe that run west to east and show distance from the Equator (also called parallels)
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| longitude | imaginary lines on a map or globe that run north to south and show distance from the Prime Meridian (also called meridians)
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| legend or map key | shows what each symbol on a map means
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| Equator | the imaginary line that runs west to east, and cuts the Earth into the northern and southern hemispheres
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| Prime Meridian | the imaginary line that runs north to south, and cuts the Earth into the western and eastern hemispheres
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| map grid | a system used to locate places on a map by dividing the map into squares (simplified version of latitude & longitude)
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| cardinal directions | north, south, east, west
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| intermediate directions | NE, NW, SE, SW
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| map scale | shows distance on a map (often uses inches or centimeters to represent miles or kilometers)
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| Tropic of Cancer | located approximately 23 degrees north of the Equator
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| Tropic of Capricorn | located approximately 23 degrees south of the Equator
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| inset map | smaller map within a larger map
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| hemisphere | half of a sphere
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You may also shuffle the rows of the table by clicking on the "Shuffle" button.
Or sort by any of the columns using the down arrow next to any column heading.
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