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Social Studies Vocabulary

Title Subject of the map

Orientation Shows you direction on a map

Cartographer Map maker

Legend Shows you what the symbols and colors mean on a map

Scale Shows you distance on a map

Distortion Changes in size, area, or shape

Projection Mapping the round earth on a flat surface

Physical features (boundary) A nature made landform or waterway that divides the land.

Natural Resource A material found in nature that people use to meet their needs.

Raw materials Natural resources that must be processed to be useful

Renewable natural resource Something that comes from nature that keeps coming back

Non-renewable natural resource Something that comes from nature and when it is gone; it gone FOREVER.

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