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| cardinal directions | north,south,east, and west |
| compass rose | a small drawing on a map that shows directions |
| continent | one of Earth's seven great bodies of land |
| equator | an imaginary circle around the Earth, dividng it into equal halves |
| geography | the study of Earth and the way people, plants and animals live on it |
| globe | a representation of the Earth in the shape of a ball |
| hemisphere | the northern or southern half of the Earth divided by the equator, or the eastern and western half divided by the prime meridian |
| intermediate directions | northeast, northwest, southeast and southwest |
| latitude | imaginary lines on the Earth that run east and west, parallel to the equator |
| longitude | imaginary lines on the Earth that run north and south and meet at the poles |
| map grid | the crisscrossing lines drawn on a map that is used for giving positions |
| map key/legend | an explanation of what the symbols on a map represent |
| physical map | a map that shows natural land and water forms |
| political map | a map that shows boundaries of states and countries |
| symbol | a sign or drawing that stands for something else |
