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Map Skills Vocabulary

Published on Nov 22, 2015

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PRESENTATION OUTLINE

MAP SKILLS VOCABULARY

HEMISPHERE

IMAGINARY LINES THAT DIVIDE THE EARTH INTO HALF.
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EQUATOR

A IMAGINARY LINE THAT DIVIDES BOTH THE POLES.
Photo by KKfromBB

PRIME MERIDIAN

A IMAGINARY LINE THAT GOES LONGITUDE.

MAP KEY

SYMBOLS THAT REPRESENT A MAP.
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MAP SCALE

THE DISTANCE BETWEEN A MAP.
Photo by Ankur P

COMPASS ROSE

A CIRCLE SHOWING DIRECTIONS.
Photo by mwcarruthers

PHYSICAL MAP

SHOW ALL THE MOUNTAINS , RIVER ,AND OCEANS.

POLITICAL MAP

SHOW BOUNDRIES AN LINE BETWEEN THE COUNTRYS AND STATES AN CITIES.

ELEVATION

THE HEIGHT IN THE LAND.
Photo by kevin dooley

LATITTUDE

GOES FROM WEST TO EAST.

LONGITUDE

GOES FROM NORTH TO EAST.

ABSOLUTE LOCATION

IS THE EXACT LOCATION ON THE EARTH.

LANDFORM

A FEATURE IN THE EARTHS SURFACE
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