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| route | a way of getting from one place to another. Highways, railroads, waterways, and trails are routes. |
| interstate highway | a main highway with many lanes. They cross the entire country from east to west or from North to South |
| US highway | a main highway that passes through more than one state |
| State highway | a main road that connects cities and towns within the state |
| Miles and Kilometers | 2 ways of measuring distance |
| Map key | the guide that tells what the symbols on a map stand for |
| Map scale | the guide that tells what the distances on a map stand for. |
| cardinal directions | north, south, east, and west |
| compass rose | a symbol that shows the cardinal directions and intermediate directions |
| Intermediate directions | northwest, southwest, northeast, southeast |
| environment | the surroundings in which a person, animal, or plant lives |
| grid | a pattern of lines that cross each other to form squares |
| Human Features | features of a place or region made by people, such as buildings, roads, parks, playgrounds, bridges, railroads, farms, factories, and shopping malls |
| Human / Environment Interaction | the ways people live with and change their environment |
| legend | a map key, or list of symbols on a map and what they stand for |
| location | where something on Earth is found |
| map | a drawing of a real place that shows the place from above |
| map index | the alphabetical list of places on a map with their grid squares |
| mountain range | a chain or group of mountains |
| movement | how people, goods, information, and ideas move from place to place through transportation and communication |
| natural resources | things in nature that people can use, such as water, trees, oil, and gold |
| physical feature | features of a place or region formed by nature, such as bodies of water, landforms, climate, natural resources, and plants and animals |
| place | tells about the physical and human features of an area that make it different from other areas |
| plain | a large area of flat land |
| regions | areas that share on or more features |
| resource | things people can use. Some resources are oil, lumber, and water. |
| symbol | a pictue on a map that stands for something real |
| title | the name of a map, chart, or graph |
| relief map | a map that shows elevation, or height, of land |
| Equator | The dark line that circles the middle of the globe |
| Hemisphere | Is a half the globe |
| Northern Hempishpere | Half of the globe north of the equator |
| Southern Hemisphere | The half of the globe south of the equator |
| Latitude | Measure the distance north and south of equator |
| Longitude | Imaginary lines that are from North and South Pole. They are numbered and markded by degrees |
| Prime Meridian | Line of Longitude running North to south, 0 degrees |
| Eastern Hemisphere | Half of earth East of Prime Meridian |
| Western Hemishere | Half of earth West of Prime Meridian |
