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| grid | a network of lines that form a pattern of crisscrosses that aids location |
| axis | the imaginary rod around which the earth turns |
| latitude | The distance measured in degrees north to south from the Equator to the earth's poles. |
| longitude | The distance measured in degrees east to west of the Prime Meridian. |
| cartographer | a person who makes maps |
| projection | the representation on a map of all or part of the earth's grid system |
| scale | the relationship between real size and size used on maps and models |
| meridian | another name for longitude |
| Prime Meridian | The line of 0 degrees longitude that passes through Greenwich, England |
| altitude | height above sea level |
| atlas | a collection of maps |
| climate | the kind of weather a place has over a long period of time |
| distortion | the inaccuracy on a map |
| parallel | imaginary line of latitude running in an east-west direction on a map |
| hemisphere | half a sphere |
