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Map Skills Vocabulary

Published on Nov 24, 2015

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PRESENTATION OUTLINE

COMPASS

THE COMPASS ON A MAP WHICH SHOWS THE DIRECTION,ESPECIALLY NORTH
Photo by Verino77

ELAVATION

HEIGHT OF EARTH'S SURFACE ABOVE OR BELOW SEA LEVEL
Photo by Kevin M. Gill

EQUATOR

AN IMAGINARY LINE OF LATITUDE THAT SEPRATES THE NORTH POLE AND THE SOUTH POLE

KEY (LEGEND)

AN AREA ON A MAP,USUALLY ON CHARTS OR TABELS,THAT EXPLAINS ANY SYMBOLY ON THE MAP

LATITUDE

IMAGINARY LINES GOING EAST TO WEST MEASURING HOW FAR NORTH OR SOUTH A LOCATION IS

LONGITUDE

IMAGINARY LINES GOING NORTH TO SOUTH MEASURING HOW FAR EAST OR WEST FROM THE PRIMR MERIDIAN A LOCATION IS

PHYSICAL MAP

MAP WHICH SHOWS NATURAL REGIONS AND FEATURES

POLITICAL MAP

MAP WHICH SHOWS COUNTRIES,BORDERS,AND MAJOR CITIES

PRIME MERIDIAN

AN IMAGINARY LINE OF LONGITUDE WHICH IS CONSIDERED TO BE AT ZERO DEGREES

SCALE

USED TO DETERMINE THE ACTUAL DISTANCE ON A MAP FROM ON POINT TO ANOTHER

LANDFORM

A NATURAL FEATURE ON THE EARTH'S SURFACE
Photo by oxeno

HEMISPHERE

HALF OF THE EARTH DIVIDED INTO NORTHERN AND SOUTHERN BY THE EQUATOR AND WESTERN AND EASTERN BY THE PRIME MERIDIAN

ABSOLUTE LOCATION

THE EXACT COORDIENATES OF ANYWHERE ON EARTH'S SURFACE

COMPASS ROSE

A CIRCLE PRINTED ON A MAP SHOWING NORTH WEST EAST AND SOUTH
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