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Parts of Maps
Latitude & Longitude
100
What part of the map shows direction?
What is compass rose
100
These lines run east and west around the Earth
What is latitude
200
What part of a map would you use to show distance between two places?
What is a map scale
200
These lines run north and south.
What is longitude
300
Which part of a map explains what colors and symbols stand for?
What is a legend/key
300
The imaginary line that runs East to West and splite the Earth into the Northern and Southern hemispheres
What is the equator
400
What are the uses of symbols on a map?
What is to label landforms and places
400
The imaginary line that runs North to South and splits the Earth into Eastern and Western hemispheres
What is prime meridian
500
What is the purpose of an "inset" map?
What is to show a small area of a map in greater detail
500
Half a sphere, ball or Earth
What is hemisphere