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Shows North, South, East, West, Sometimes only north is shown
What is compass rose
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North, South, East, and West

What are the cardinal directions

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a model of the earth in the shape of a sphere

What is a globe

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Passes through 0° latitude

What is the equator

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Another name for lines of latitude

What is parallels

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a " list " that explains the symbols and colors used on the map

What is a key or  a legend

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pictures  in the map key that stand for capital cities, economic activities, or natural resources

What are symbols

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imaginary lines that run north and south; they are also known as meridians. They show distance in degrees east or west of the prime meridian.
What is lines of longitude
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It marks 0 degrees longitude; degrees east and west are measured from here.

What is Prime Meridian

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show features that humans have created on Earth's surface, suc as cities, provinces, territories, and countries.
What is political maps
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a latitude line that circles the Earth halfway between the North and South poles. It marks 0 degrees latitude.
What is equator
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a term for half the globe. The globe can be divided into northern and southern hemispheres (separated by the equator) or into eastern and western hemispheres.
What is hemispheres
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Four divisions of the globe: they are the Northern, southern, eastern and western

What is hemishperes

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maps that show landforms and bodies of water in specific areas
What is physical map
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map that shows  natural features, landforms and bodies of water in specific areas

What is physical maps

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Another name for lines of longitude

What is meridians

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a latitude line that circles the Earth halfway between the North and South poles. It marks 0 degree latitude.
What is equator
400

What important imaginary line of longitude passes through Greenwich , England?

What is the Prime Meridian

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a way of showing the curved surface of Earth on a flat map. Since flat maps cannot show sizes, shapes and directions with total accuracy, projections distort some aspect of earth's surface.
What is projection
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Shows how to measure distance of an area using a measurement bar or ratio on the map

What is scale

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maps that focus on particular topics, such as climate, types of vegetation, natural resources, etc.
What is thematic maps
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imaginary lines that run north and south; they are also known as meridians. They show distance in degrees east or west of the prime meridian.
What is lines of longitude
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a way of showing the curved surface of Earth on a flat map. Since flat maps cannot show sizes, shapes and directions with total accuracy, projections distort some aspect of Earth's surface
What is projection
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directions lying between the cardinal directions- northwest, northeast, southwest, and southeast
What is intermediate directions
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The set of numbers telling the meeting point of a grid: numbers telling where longitude and latitude lines meet

coordinates

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