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UNDERSTANDING MAPS
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Location Where a specific place on earth can
be found.
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Map A drawing of a place Has information about features of the
area. Maps are usually flat
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Globe
A model of the earth
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Sphere A solid figure that has a shape of a
ball.
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Hemisphere
Half of a sphere
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North Pole
The geographic point on Earth which is the farthest north.
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South Pole
The geographic point on Earth which is furthest south.
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EQUATOR An imaginary line that divides the earth into the northern and the southern hemispheres
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Prime meridian
An imaginary line that circles the Earth from pole to pole, It divides the Earth into Eastern and Western Hemispheres.
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Lines of Longitude
Imaginary lines on a map or globe that run from north to south. They can tell you how far east or west a place is located from the prime meridian.
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Lines of Latitude
Imaginary lines on a map or globe that run from east to west. Lines of latitude can tell you how far north or south a place is located from the equator.
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CompassA tool that shows the direction of magnetic North.
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Compass Rose
The part of the map that shows directions
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DirectionsNorth, South, East , West
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DistanceThe amount of space between two points
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Elevation
The height a landform is above sea level
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Grid a series of horizontal and
perpendicular lines used to find coordinates of a point
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Scale A place on a map usually located on
the key that compares the size of the model to the actual size of the area being represented.
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SymbolSomething on a map that stands for something else.
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Sources:
http://www.worldatlas.com/aatlas/newart/hemispheres.gif
http://www.alexmorgan.com/miles.jpg
http://www.google.com.ph/imglanding
http://www.google.com.ph/image1
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Sources:
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f8/World_map_with_equator.jpg
http://www.nssgeography.com/canada9%20web/Unit%20Map%20Skills/Longitude%20and%20latitude_files/image005.jpg
http://www.kidsgeo.com/images/graphic-map-scale.jpg
http://www.dreamstime.com/stock-photo-map-symbols-image6021340