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Vocabulary
Types of Maps
Parts of a Map
MISC
Facts You Should Know
100
An imaginary line around the center of the earth dividing the northern hemisphere from the southern hemisphere
What is the equator?
100
Shows major landforms or bodies of water on the earth's surface
What is a physical map?
100
a design with points that show the cardinal directions
What is a compass rose?
100
something used on a map (usually a drawing) to stand for something else
What is a symbol?
100
located at 90 degrees north.
What is the North Pole?
200
An imaginary line running north and south through the poles that divides the earth into eastern and western hemisphere
What is Prime Meridian
200
shows what time it is all over the world
What is a time zone map?
200
a small box that explains the symbols on a map
What is map key or legend?
200
intermediate directions
What is northwest, southwest, northeast and southeast?
200
The number of continents
What is 7?
300
Weather over long period of time, year after year
What is climate?
300
shows borders or boundaries that an area into countries or states
What is a political map?
300
a set of lines divided into miles or kilometers used to estimate distance on a map
What is a scale?
300
the latitude of the equator
What is 0 degrees north or south?
300
the number of oceans
What is 5?
400
A synonym for map key
What is map legend?
400
shows car routes between cities and towns
What is a road map?
400
a small map in a box or circle that shows the subject of the main map in a larger area
What is the locator?
400
a system of lines that help locate places on a map using coordinates
What is the grid system?
400
the continent where the United States is located
What is North America?
500
Imaginary lines that run parallel to the equator
What are lines of latitude?
500
a small map in a box set inside a main map
What is inset map?
500
units of measure that determine distance between line of latitude and longitude
What is degrees?
500
tells the directions on a map
What is the compass rose?
500
Alabama, Florida, South Caroline, North Carolina and Tennessee
What states border GA?