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| map title | The words on a map that describe the subject of the map |
| map key | The part of a map that explains what the symbols on the map stand for; sometimes called a map legend |
| compass rose | a direction marker on a map |
| cardinal directions | the main directions- north, south, east, west |
| intermediate directions | between the cardinal directions- northeast, northwest, southeast, southwest |
| locator | a small map or picture of a globe that shows where the area shown on the main map is located in a state, in a country, on a continent, or in the world. |
| map scale | The part of a map that gives a comparison of distance on the map itself with distance in the real world. |
| inset map | a small map within a larger map |
| grid | The north-south and east-west lines on a map that cross each other to form a pattern of squares. |
| lines of latitude | the east-west lines |
| lines of longitude | the north-south lines |
