| A | B |
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| geography | the study of the locatin of people places and thing and how the ralate to each other |
| compass rose | aka oriantation / cardinal direction |
| legend | aka key info. about map |
| scale | describes the size of the map in relation to the earth |
| gazetteer | a dictionary or index of geographical names and places |
| lines of latitude | always go first,travel east towest all the way orund the earth , never touch |
| lines of longitude | go 2nd , touch at the poles, travel north to south |
| equator | aka meridian middle point in line of latitude also 0 degrees latitude |
| political map | map of man made things |
| physical map | map of things created by nature |
| prime meridian | runs from north to south 0 degrees longitude |
| special perpose map | maps ussed to preform specific jobs |
| catographor | a map maker |
| distortion | because the earth is round and maps are flat the maps change what the earth actually looks like |
