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| ocean | onoe of Earth's foru bodies of water |
| hemisphere | one-half of a sphere or globe. earth can be divided into four hemispheres: The equator divides earth into the Northern and Southern Hemisphere |
| continent | one of Earth's seven large bodies of land, including Africa, Antartica, Asia, Australia, Europe, North American and South America |
| equator | an imaginary line encircling Earth halfway between the North Pole and South Pole |
| cardinal directions | one of the four main points of the compass: north, south, east, and west |
| compass rose | a drawing that indicates directions on a map, especially, cardinal and intermediate directions |
| intermediate directions | a direction halfway between two cardinal directions, northeast, northwetst, southeast, southwest |
| symbol | something that stands for something else |
| map key | a guide telling you what each symbol on a map stands for |
| scale | a guide that explains the relationship between real distances on Earth and distances on a map |
| locator | a small map inset in the corner of a larger mape that helps you understand where the subject area of the larger map is located on Earth |
| political map | a map that shows the boundaries of states and countries |
| physical map | a map that highlights Earth's natural features |
| landform map | a mape that shows the landforms of an area |
| transportation map | a map that shows how to travel from one place to another |
| historical map | a map that shows information about the past or where past events took place |
