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| Geography | The study of where people,places and thingsare located and how they are related to each other. |
| Compass Rose | AKA "Orientations" or cardial directions. |
| Legend | AKA "KEY" shows what symbol in map stand for. |
| Scale | Describes the size of the map in relation to the size. |
| Latitude | AKA "PARALLEL" lanes go left to right or east to west |
| Longetude | AKA "MERIDIANS" lines run from top to bottom or north to south. |
| Equator | Divides the earth into north and south |
| Prime Meridian | Divides the earth from east and west |
| Political Map | Map that shows things mostly created by people. |
| Physical map | Map that shows thingfs mostly created by nature. |
| Special Purpose Map | Maps designed to display very especific info. |
| Cartographer | Map maker |
| Distoration | because the earth's round and maps are flat, the earth really looks like the size and shape are usally effected. |
| Gazetteer | A dictionary or index of geographical names or places |
