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Map Skills Vocabulary

Published on Nov 28, 2015

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PRESENTATION OUTLINE

HEMISPHERE

HALF OF THE EARTH

EQUATOR

AN IMAGINARY LINE DRAWN AROUND THE EARTH EQUALLY

PRIME MERIDIAN

A PLANT MERIDIAN ADOPTED AS THE ZERO OF LONGITUDE

MAP KEY

EXPLANATORY TABLE OF SYMBOLS USED ON A MAP CHART

MAP SCALE

IT IS A FOCTOR OF MEASURE THE DISTANCE

COMPASS ROSE

A CIRCLE SHOWING THE PRINCIPAL DIRECTIONS PRINTED ON A MAP OR CHART
Photo by mwcarruthers

PHYSICAL MAP

show features of geography such as mountains, soil type or land

POLITICAL MAP

SYMBOLIC DEPICTION HIGHLIGHTING RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN ELEMENTS

ELEVATION

height above a given level, especially sea level.

LATITUDE

the angular distance of a place north or south of the earth's equator.

LONGITUDE

the angular distance of a place east or west of the meridian