Map Skills Vocabulary

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Half of a sphere - in terms of the Earth, there can be Northern and Southern or Eastern and Western.

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Hemisphere

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The exact location on somewhere on Earth found by using coordinates

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Absolute Location

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The image above shows the _________ directions

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Cardinal

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Latitude

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The location of a place compared to other locations around it

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Relative Location

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Northwest, Northeast, Southwest, and Southeast are all ___________ directions

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Ordinal

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A map that shows countries, states, cities, borders, boundaries, roads, buildings, etc.

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Political Map

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A map designed for motorists, showing the roads of a city, state, or other area.

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Road Map

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Lines that run North and South around the world. They are measured in degrees and are labeled as either West or East of the Prime Meridian.

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Longitude Lines

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A map that shows natural resources and products that are made in a particular area.

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Resource Map