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| coast | the land next to the ocean |
| compass rose | a symbol that shows the directions: north, south, east, west |
| continent | a very large body of land |
| degrees | the unit of measurement used for lines of latitude and longitude |
| distance | how far one place is from another |
| Eastern Hemisphere | the half of the Earth east of the Prime Meridian |
| Equator | the imaginary line that goes around the middle of the earth. It divides Earth into the Northern and Southern Hemispheres |
| hemisphere | half of the globe or half of the Earth |
| intermediate directions | northeast, northwest, southeast, southwest |
| landform map | a map that shows the shape of the land, such as mountains and hills |
| lines of latitude | lines that circle the Earth north and south of the Equator - they are numbered and marked by degrees |
| lines of longitude | lines that circle the Earth from the North Pole to the South Pole - they are numbered and marked by degrees |
| map | a drawing of a real place |
| map key | the guide to what the symbols on a map stand for |
| map scale | the guide to what the distances on a map stand for |
| Northern Hemishere | the half of the Earth north of the Equator |
| Prime Meridian | the line of longitude from the South Pole to the North Pole measured at 0 - it divides Earthinto Eastern and Western Hemispheres |
| Southern Hemishere | the half of the Earth south of te Equator |
| symbol | a picture on a map that stands for something real |
| Western Hemisphere | the half of Earth west of the Prime Meridian |
