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23 Cards in this Set
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made maps |
john snow |
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map |
simplified image |
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model of the earths surface |
map |
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charts |
maps used by sailors |
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globe |
shows the earths surface |
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map scale |
1 inch = 1 mile is a map scale |
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cartographers |
they are mapmakers |
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cardinal directions |
north south east and west |
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equator |
divides northern and southern hemisphere |
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lines of latitude |
circles on the globe |
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longitude |
where you could draw another semi circle between the poles |
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meridians |
comes from the Latin word midday |
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Greenwich or prime meridian |
longitude angle 0 degrees to 180 degrees |
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geographic coordinates |
are latitude and longtitude |
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finding longitude and latitude |
is called fixing your position |
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astrolabes |
helps to find your latitude and longitude |
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map legends |
pictures that tell you what something is |
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contour lines |
shows elevations on the map above some standard height such as sea level |
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map projection |
a plane cylinder or cone this is called map projection |
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political |
shows names boundaries and shapes of countries states countries cities and towns any feature established by local state or governments |
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geographic |
focuses on names symbols and locations of man made and natural physical features such as roads and highways streams lakes coastlines and oceans |
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topographic |
displays elevation an landform information usually indicated by special symbols called coutour lines or by landform shading |
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GIS |
geographic information systems |
