Map Skills Vocabulary by Susanna Robinson

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Map Skills Vocabulary

Published on Nov 20, 2015

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PRESENTATION OUTLINE

MAP SKILLS VOCABULARY

Hemisphere

IMAGINARY LINES SEPARATING THE EARTH INTO HALFS

Photo by sjrankin

EQUATER

THE LINE THAT SEPARATES THE HEMISPHERES

Photo by garryknight

PRIME MERIDIAN

THE EARTHS 0 DEGREE LONGITUDE

MAP KEY

A BOX ON A MAP WITH SYMBOLS

MAP SCALE

A RATIO WHICH COMPARES LENGTHS ON A MAP

COMPASS ROSE

A COMPASS ON A MAP THAT SHOWS DIRECTION

Photo by Paul Robert Lloyd

PHYSICAL MAP

A MAP THAT SHOWS THE CHARACTERISTIC TRAITS OF THE LAND

Photo by Newport Geographic

POLITICAL MAP

A MAP THAT SHOW THE BOUNDERIES OF COUNTRIES AND CITIES

Photo by davecito

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ELEVATION

HOW HIGH A MOUNTAIN, COUNTRY, STATE,OR CITY

Photo by Christopher Lane Photography

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LATITUDE

HORIZONTAL LINES ON THE EARTH

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LONGITUDE

VERTICAL LINES ON THE EARTH

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ABSOLUTE LOCATION

THE LOCATION OF SOMETHING TO THE LAST DEGREE

Photo by Steven Vance

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LANDFORM

A PART OF LAND OR SEA THAT IS DESIGNED NATURALY

Photo by Michele & Ellie