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| Geography | the study of where people places and things are located and how they relate to eachother |
| Compass Rose | AKA "orientation"or cardinal directions (N,S,E,W) |
| Legend | AKA"key" Shows symbols on a map |
| Scale | Describes the size of the map in the relation to the size of the real worldld |
| Lattitude | AKA "parellels" run parellel with the equater is either east to west |
| Longitude | AKA "meridians" runs pole to pole ( north to south) |
| Catographer | Catographers are map makers they design the map |
| 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 |
| Physical Maps | Shows things that are made by nature |
| Political Maps | Show things that are made by humans |
| Special Purpose Maps | Maps designed to display very spicific information (ex climate, vegitation, language,religions etc.) |
| Gazetteer | A dictionary or index of the geographical names and places |
