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| globe | a round ball like the Earth itself; used to show info accurately about the Earth |
| scale | the size of the land and water in reference to the globe |
| flat map | a remedy to the fact that people couldn't fit globes in their back pockets |
| distortion | the change in accuracy of its shapes and distances; looking larger or smaller than it really is |
| Gerardus Mercator | map maker who created a flat map to help sailors navigate around the world |
| Mercator map | longitudes near the poles were made bigger; land and water sizes near the equator were approximate |
| projection | the method of putting a map of the Earth onto a flat piece of paper |
| conformal map | a map that shows correct shapes but not true distances or sizes; ex. Mercator map |
| equal area map | a map that shows correct sizes of landmasses but their shapes are altered; ex. Peters projection |
| interrupted projection | like the ripped orange peel, gaps in the picture of the world showed size & shape of the land accurately, but makes it impossible to find correct distances |
| Robinson projection | shows size & shape of most land most accurately; size and distances of oceans are also fairly accurate |
| compass rose | a model of a compass; tells cardinal directions |
| cardinal directions | north, south, east, west |
| map scale | tells you that one inch on a map represents a particular distance; can vary depending on the map |
| map key | a legend on the map that tells what the symbols stand for |
