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| geogrphy | the study of where people places and things are located and how they are related to each other |
| compass rose | aka oreintiation or direction |
| scale | describes the size of the map in relation to the size of the real world. |
| legend | aka key and shows symbols on a map tand for mountians |
| latitude | aka parallels run parallels that goes on and on. |
| equator | a line that is no degrees |
| longitude | runs pole pole and always goes last |
| prime merioian | 0 degrees longitude divides the earth into east and west.Imagintary line that goes through greenwich,England. |
| distortion | because the earth is round and maps are flat the maps change what the world really looks like.the sizs and shape are usally effecteded |
| physical map | maps that show things mostly made by nature. |
| political map | maps that show things mostly created by people. |
| special purpose map | maps desighed to display very spefic imfromation |
| gazetteer | a dictionary or index of geogrphay names and places. |
| catographers | map projesct ways of showing the earth on flat page |
