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| Geography | The study of where people, places and things are located and how they relate to one another. |
| Scale | Describes the size of the map in relation to the real world. |
| Cartographers | Map makers |
| Map projections | Ways of showing the Earth on a flat page. |
| Distortion | Because the Earth is round and maps are flat, the maps change what the Earth really looks like. The size and shape are usually effected. |
| Physical Maps | Maps that show things mostly created by nature. |
| Political Maps | Maps that show things mostly created by nature. |
| Special Purpose Maps | Maps designed to show very specific information. |
| Gazetteer | Adictionary of geographical names and places. |
| Longitude/Merideans | One of the series of imaginary lines, also called meridians, that run north and south from one pole to the other; used to measure the distance east and west of the prime meridean in degrees |
| The 7 continents | The seven large landmasses of the Earths surface: Africa, Antarctica, Asia, Australia, Europe, North/South America. |
| Prime Meridean | An imaginary line of longitude that runs from the North Pole to the South Pole, it is designated as 0. |
| Compas Rose/Orientation | The directional indicator, that shows where the cardinal directions lie on the map. |
| Latitude/Parallels | One of the series of imaginary lines that circle the Earth parallel to the Equator used to measure the distance North and South in degrees. |
| TODALSSIGS | Title, Orientation, Date, Author, Legend, Scale, Index, Grid, Source, Situation |
| The 4 Oceans | The 4 largest bodies of water on Earth. |
