Map Skills Vocabulary

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Compass Rose

Back

a figure found somewhere on the edge of a map showing the four cardinal directions and the intermediate directions

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Cardinal Directions

Back

The four main directions of a compass: North, East, South, and West

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Intermediate

Directions

Back

the direction in between

the cardinal directions:

northeast, southeast,

southwest, and northwest

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Scale

Back

a guide that shows the

relationship between

distance on the map

and distance in real life

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Legend/Map Key

Back

tells you what each symbol on the map represents/also know as map key

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Symbols

Back

pictures or icons that represent different features on a map

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Coordinate Grid

Back

divides the map using latitude and longitude lines that is used to help you locate places easily

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Latitude

Back

imaginary lines running

in an east-west direction

across earth measuring

how many degrees north

or south of the equator a

place is located

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Longitude

Back

imaginary lines running

in an north-south

direction across earth

measuring how many

degrees east or west a

location is

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Equator

Back

an imaginary line of

latitude dividing the

northern hemisphere

from the southern

hemisphere.