Location Vocabulary

​Absolute Location

​The exact location of something

Example: The address of your house or school

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Covenant Christian School​

54790 Fir Road Mishawaka, IN 46545​

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​Relative Location

​The location of a place in relation to another place.

Example: Covenant Christian School is by the gas station. ​

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​Compass Rose

​A drawing on a map that shows directions.

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​Continent

​One of the seven main areas of land.

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​Country

​An area of land with it's own people and laws.

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​Globe

​A model of Earth.

Location Vocabulary​

​Grid Map

​A map that is divided into colomns and rows of squares.

Location Vocabulary​

​Legend

​A table or chart on a map that shows what symbols mean.

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​Location

​The place where something is.

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Example: I left my cup in the kitchen. The cup's location is in the kitchen.​

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​Ocean

​A very large body of salty water.

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​Rural

​Area in the country, far from the city.

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​Urban

​In a city.

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​Suburban

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​Smaller communities, between cities and farm. Neighborhoods.​

​Symbol

Location Vocabulary​

​Small picture on a map that stands for a real thing.​

​Map Title

Location Vocabulary​

​Title of a map, helps us know what the map is showing us.​

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