Map Skills Vocabulary
Published on Nov 22, 2015
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PRESENTATION OUTLINE
HEMISPHERE
HALF OF A SPHERE
EQUATOR
- An imaginary line drawn on the earth between the north and south pole
PRIME MERIDIAN
THE PLANETS LINE OF 0° LONGITUDE
MAP KEY
SECTION ON A MAP THAT EXPLAINS WHAT THE SYMBOLS MEAN
MAP SCALE
RATIO OF A DISTANCE ON THE MAP TO THE DISTANCE ON THE GROUND
COMPASS ROSE
CIRCLE SHOWING THE PRINCIPAL DIRECTIONS PRINTED ON A MAP
PHYSICAL MAP
SHOWS LOCATIONS OF LANDFORMS (DESERTS, MOUNTAINS AND PLAINS)
POLITICAL MAP
SHOWS COUNTRIES, STATES, COUNTIES AND MAJOR CITIES
ELEVATION
HEIGHT ABOVE OR BELOW A FIXED REFERENCE POINT ( SEA LEVEL )
LATITUDE
- Geographic coordinate that shows the north-south position of the earths surface
LONGITUDE
- Geographic coordinate that shows the east-west position on the earth's surface
ABSOLUTE LOCATION
A POINT ON THE EARTHS SURFACE EXPRESSED BY LATITUDE AND LONGITUDE
LANDFORM
NATURAL PHYSICAL FEATURES OF THE EARTHS SURFACE
