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Map Skills Vocabulary

Published on Nov 23, 2015

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PRESENTATION OUTLINE

HEMISPHERE

NORTH,SOUTH,WEST,EAST ARE ALL DIVIDED BY A LINE

EQUATOR

AN IMAGINARY LINE DRAWN AROUND EARTH

PRIME MERIDIAN

the earth's zero of LONGITUD

MAY KEY

explanatory table of symbols

MAP SCALE

Map scale refers to the relationship between distance on a map

COMPASS ROSE

A TOOL THAT TELLS YOUR WHERE YOU ARE
Photo by Verino77

PHYSICAL MAP

INDICATE THE LOCATION OF LANDFORMS

Political map

It shows where boundaries are

ELEVATION

HEIGHT ABOVE A GIVEN GROUND

Latitude

the angular distance of a place north or south

Longitude

the angular distance of a place east or west

Absolute location

location must be expressed relative to something else.

LANDFORM

a natural feature of the earth's surface.