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Haiku Deck Vocabulary

Published on Nov 23, 2015

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PRESENTATION OUTLINE

MAP SKILLS VOCABULARY

BY:ZACHARY STALLINGS
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HEMISPHERE

HALF OF THE EARTH

EQUATOR

LINE OF LATIUDE DRAWN AROUND THE EARTH

PRIME MERIDIAN

THE VERTICAL LINE THAT SEPERATES THE WESTERN AND EASTERN HEMISPHERE

MAP KEY

THE DIRECTORY OF ALL SYMBOLS AND PICTURES ON THE MAP

MAP SCALE

THE SCALE USED FOR DISTANCE ON A MAP TO TELL ACCURATE DISTANCES

COMPASS ROSE

THE DIRECTORY OF THE MAP TELLING YOU THE CARDINAL DIRECTIONS, N,S,E,W

PHYSICAL MAP

THE MAP THAT SHOWS THE DIFFERENT MOUNTAIN RANGES, RIVERS, ETC.

POLITICAL MAP

THE MAP THAT SHOWS THE DIFFERENT COUNTRY BORDERS

ELEVATION

THE HEIGHT OF EITHER A TOWN, OR OF MOUNTAINS, SEA LEVEL, ETC.

LATITUDE

THE HORIZONTAL LINES ON A MAP THAT INTERSECT WITH LONGITUDE

LONGITUDE

THE VERTICAL LINES THAT INTERSECT WITH LATITUDE

ABSOLUTE LOCATION

THE EXACT LOCATION FOUND USING LATITUDE AND LONGITUDE

LANDFORM

A PLATUE, MASSES OF LAND/WATER ETC.