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| MAP | A graphic tool to help us locate places or things. |
| LONGITUDE | Vertical N-S Lines drawn on a map called meridians. |
| LATITUDE | Horizontal E-W lines drawn on a map called parallels. |
| PROJECTION | A picture or likeness of a real object. |
| CO-ORDINATES | Combination of two degrees of longitude and latitude to help us locate a place on the map. |
| POLITICAL MAP | Map showing countries, cities and man made divisions. |
| PHYSICAL MAP | Map showing physical features or nartural landforms. |
| DISTORTION | Stretched or deformed from the original reality. |
| EQUATOR | Main latitude line dividing north from south measures zero degrees. |
| PRIME MERIDIAN | Main longitude line dividing east from west measures zero degrees. |
| INTERNATIONAL DATE LINE | Longitude measure halfway around world from Prime Meridian = 180 degrees. |
| 90 degrees North & 90 degrees South | Furthest points of latitude measurement, north pole and south pole. |
| ELEVATION | Height of land measured above sea level. |
| SCALE | Mathematical way of telling the size of real things compared to those on a map. |
| HEMISPHERE | Half circle (Half of the earth) N, S, E, W |
| CONTOUR VIEW | Aerial view of a physical landform. |
| CROSS SECTION VIEW | Cut away or side view of a physical landform. |
| SYMBOLS | Small pictures of things shown on a map that represent things in reality. |
