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Social Studies Vocabulary Words

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spherean object having a ball-like shape, such as a globe of the Earth
boundrythe border or edge of a place
compass rosedirection marker on a map
atlasbook of maps
prime meridianan imaginary line that circles the Earth
hemispherehalf of a sphere, half of a ball or globe
continentone of the seven main areas of land on Earth
map keypart of the map that explains what the symbols on the map stand for
equatorimaginary line that divides the earth into the northern and southern hemispheres
cardinal directionsfour main directions: north, south, east, west
map scalepart of a map that compares a distance on a map to the distance in real world
gridon a map, the lines that cross each other to form a pattern of squares used to locate places
map titlethe words that tell you the subject of the map
symbolscolors, lines, patterns that stand for something else
Intermediate directionsdirections between the cardinal directions..northeast, southeast, northwest, southwest


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