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Map Skills Vocab

Published on Dec 05, 2015

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PRESENTATION OUTLINE

HEMISPHERE

A part of the world east and west

EQUATOR

An imaginary line drawn around the earth equally distant from both poles
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PRIME MERIDIAN

A planet's meridian adopted as zero of longitude
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MAP KEY

Explanatory table of symbols used on a map or chart
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MAP SCALE

A Ratio which compares a measurement on a map to the distance between locations
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COMPASS ROSE

A circle showing the directions printed on a map or chart
Photo by Thom Watson

PHYSICAL MAP

Physical maps sho landforms like deserts mountains and plains
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POLITACAL MAP

Political map are designed to show government boundaries of countries states and counties
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ELEVATION

Hieght above a given level especially sea level
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LATITUDE

Imaginary lines going east or west measuring how far north south from the equator a locations
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LONGITUDE

Imaginary lines going north to south measuring how far east or west from the prime meridian a location is
Photo by Ludovico Cera

LANDFORM

Photo by Matt. Create.

SCALE

Use to determine actual distance on a map from one point to another.

LOCATION

A place or postion of something