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| Geography | The study of where people,places,and thingsare located and how they relate to one another |
| Compass Rose | A.K.A 'Orientation' or cardinal direction shows North,East,South, and West also shows NE,NW,SE,SW |
| Legend | A.K.A.'Key' Shows what symbols on the map stand for Describe the size of the Map in relation to the size of the real world |
| Cartographers | Mapmakers |
| Physical Map | Maps that show things created by nature |
| Political Map | Maps that show things created by people |
| Gazetteer | A dictionary or index of geographical names and places |
| latitude | A.K.A"parallels" run parrallel with the Equator Always goes first (15N,30W) |
| Logittude | A.K.A"Meridians" Runs pole to pole Always goes last (15N,30W) |
| Prime Meredian | 0 degrees longitude (0) the east and west. imaginary line that goes through Greenwhich,England |
| Equator | 0 degrees latitude and it divides the north and the south |
| distortion | the earth is round and maps are flat,the maps ghange what the earth really looks like. the size and shape are usually effected |
| Special purpose map | maps designed to display very specific information examples--climate,vegetation,languages,religion.etc. |
| scale | describes the size of the map in relation to the size of the real world |
