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Map Skills Vocabulary

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MAP SKILLS VOCABULARY

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HEMISPHERE

  • A half of the earth, usually devided into northern and southern
  • or into western and eastern halves by an imaginary line.
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EQUATOR

  • An imaginary line drawn around the earth equally
  • Distant from both poles, dividing the earth into northern
  • And southern hemispheres and constituting the parallel latitude 0 degrees
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PRIME MERIDIAN

A PLANETS MERIDIAN ADOPTED AS THE ZERO OF LONGITUDE
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MAP KEY

TABLE OF SYMBOLS USED ON A MAP
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MAP SCALE

  • Map scale refers to the relationship between distance
  • On a map and the corresponding distance on the ground.
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COMPASS ROSE

A CIRCLE SHOWING THE PRINCIPAL DIRECTIONS ON A MAP OR CHART.
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PHYSICAL MAP

PHYSICAL MAPS INDICATE THE LOCATION OF LANDFORMS LIKE DESERTS, MOUNTIANS,AND PLAINS
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POLITICAL MAP

POLITICAL MAPS SHOW GOVERNMENTAL BOUNDRIES OF COUNTRIES, STATES, AND COUNTIES.
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ELAVATION

HEIGHT ABOVE A GIVEN LEVEL, ESPECIALLY SEA LEVEL.
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LATITUDE

THE DISTANCE OF A PLACE NORTH OR SOUTH OF THE EARTHS EQUATOR.
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LONGITUDE

THE DISTANCE OF A PLACE EAST OR WESTOF THE PRIME MERIDIAN.
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ABSOLUTE LOCATION

A SET OF EXACT COORDINATES ON THE PLANET DETERMINE THE LOCATION OF A PLACE.
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LANDFORM

A NATURAL FETURE OF THE EARTHS SURFACE.
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Lucas Holm