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VOCABULARY WORDS, DEFINITIONS,AND PICTURES
Map skills VOCABULARY WORDS, DEFINITIONS,AND PICTURES
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Define: an indication of the relationship between the distances on a map and the corresponding actual distances. Map scale
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Define: North, South, East, West.
Cardinal directions
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Define: a list that explains the symbols on a map/ map key.
legends
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Define: the name given to map to identify or describe it.
titles
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Define: an area of land that is controlled by its own government.
COUNTRY
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Define: a broad geographic area distinguished by similar features.
REGION
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Define: one of two half spheres formed by a plane through the sphere's center.
HEMISPHERE
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Define: the northernmost point of the earth.
North pole
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Define: the southernmost point of the earth.
South pole
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Define: an area where many people live and work.
cities
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Define: a main road that connects cities and towns.
highways
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Define: a hard flat surface for vehicles, people, and animals to travel on.
roads
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Define: a system of tracks on which trains travel.
railroads
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Define: imaginary lines that run horizontally (east to west).
latitude
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Define: imaginary lines that run vertically (north and south).
longitude
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Define: an imaginary line that divides the Earth into a Northern and Southern Hemisphere.
equator
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Define: An exact point on the earth's surface expressed by latitude and longitude.
Absolute location
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Define: A location of a place in relation to another place.
Relative location
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GPS-Global positioning system
Define: a radio system that uses signals from satellites to tell you where you are and to give you directions to other places. GPS-Global positioning system
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Define: geographic regions within which the same standard time is used.
Time zones
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