Map Skills Flashcards by Ms. Green

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Physical map

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A physical map shows physical features on the earth's surface such as mountains, plains, rivers, oceans, deserts and forests.

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Compass Rose

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1. a circle showing the principal directions printed on a map or chart.

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Map Key or legend

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A map key is a little box of information found at the bottom of a map. It contains an explanation of what the different lines and symbols on the map mean

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Cardinal Directions

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The four cardinal directions are north, south, east, and west, which are often represented by the initials N, S, E, and W:

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Intermediate directions

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those located between the cardinal directions, are also known as intercardinal directions. They are northeast, southeast, southwest, and northwest.

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Landforms

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Landforms are features on the Earth's surface that make up the terrain,

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Pangea

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Pangaea was a supercontinent that existed from about 300–200 million years ago, when all the Earth's continents were joined together.

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Continent

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a large continuous mass of land

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Map scale

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The scale shows how distances on the map are related to the actual distances.

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Map

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represents an area of land