Vocabulary
Vocabulary 2
Map Skills
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100

These are north, south, east, and west

What are cardinal directions

100
What are drawings of places around the world that show where places are located and how to get there

What are maps

100

A measurement of distance from the equator

What is latitude

100

This map shows where a place is warm or cold or wet and dry

What is a climate map

200

A symbol that shows the cardinal directions 

What is a compass rose

200
What is a map that shows the natural features of an area

What is a physical map

200

This map includes borders

What is a political map

200

This is a person who creates maps

What is a cartographer

300

This uses letters and numbers to label the grid lines

What is a coordinate grid

300

What are vertical lines going around Earth from the north pole to the south pole

What are longitude lines
300

J, 32 is an example of what type of location

What is absolute location
300

This system is made up of over 18 satellites sending information to stations on the ground1

What is a GPS
400

This is an imaginary horizontal line that runs around the middle of the world

What is the equator

400

These features show where people live such as cities, states, and countries

What is a political map

400

This location is approximate

What is relative location

400

This is a division of Earth between north and south or east and west

What is a hemisphere

500

horizontal lines going around Earth showing how far north and south from the equator

What are latitude lines

500

This explains what symbols and colors are on a map

What is a legend or key

500

The North and South poles are the endpoints for these lines

What are longitude lines

500

This is a model of Earth showing where water, land, and countries are located

What is a globe