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| Hemisphere | One half of the Earth's surface |
| North Pole | The most northern part on the earth |
| Equator | An imaginary line that circles the earth at 0% latitude |
| South Pole | The most southern part on the earth |
| Continent | There are 7 of these huge land masses |
| Compass Rose | A small drawing on a map used to show direction |
| Latitude | Used to locate places on earth. Distance measured in degrees, north and south of the equator |
| Longitude | Used to locate places on earth. Distance measured in degrees, east and west of the prime meridian. All lines of longitude pass through the North and South Poles. |
| Arctic Circle | A line of latitude that circles the earth at 66 1/2 north latitude |
| Antarctic Circle | A line of latitude that circles the earth at 66 1/2 south latitude |
| Tropic of Cancer | A line of latitude that circles the earth at 23 1/2 north latitude |
| Tropic of Capricorn | A line of latitude that circles the earth at 23 1/2 south latitude |
| Meridian | Another name for longitude |
| Prime Meridian | 0 degrees line of longitude from which distances east and west are measured in degrees of longitude |
| Scale | The relationship between the real size and the size used on a map or model |
| Key | A tool on a map used to tell what real things or places the symbols on the map stand for |
| Symbol | Something that stands for something else |
| Cartographer | A person who makes maps |
