globe - a model of the earth, equator - an imaginary line that runs around the earth's center, latitude - parallel lines that run around the earth north and south of the equator, longitude - spaced lines on a map that extend between the north and south poles, Prime Meridian - line of longitude marked as 0 degrees, absolute location - the exact location of a place that does not change using latitude and longitude, hemisphere - half of the sphere of earth, relative location - a description of a place in relation to another, physical map - a map that shows information such as landforms and bodies of water, landform - a natural feature of earth, elevation map - allows you to compare and contrast the elevation of different areas, regions map - shows areas with similar physical and human characteristics, historical map - shows information from a particular event from the past, special purposes map - gives information related to a certain theme, current events - present events that are happening in the news, political map - shows locations of cities, states, countries, map key or legend - box that contains symbols used to read the map, map scale - measures distances from place to place, compass rose - shows directions on a map, cardinal directions - main directions of north, south, east, west, intermediate directions - in-between directions on the compass rose, resource map - shows where natural resources are located in a place,

World Map and Map Skills

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