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20 Cards in this Set
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A model or representation of the Earth's surface
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Map
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A fixed place on the Earth's surface from which direction or location can be described.
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Reference Point
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North, South, East and West
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Cardinal Directions
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The geographic North Pole
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True North
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The angle of correction between magnetic north and geographic north
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Magnetic Declination
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The circle halfway between the poles that divides the earth into North and South Hemispheres.
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Equator
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Imaginary lines run east -west. Distance north or south measured by degrees from the equator
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Latitude
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Imaginary lines run north-south. Distance east west measured by degress from the
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Longitude or meridians
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Meridian selected to be 0. Runs through Greenwich, England.
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Prime meridian
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A map projection that results when the contents of the globe are transferred onto a cylinder of paper
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Mercator Projection
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A map projection that results when the contents of the globe are transferred onto a cone
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Conic Projection
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A map projection that results when the contents of the globe are transferred onto a plane
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Azimuthal Projection
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Photographs from the air.
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Aerial Photographs
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Gathering information about something without actually being there
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Remote Sensoring
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A map that shows surface features or topographic. Shows natural resources
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Topographic Map
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The height of an object above sea level.
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Elevation
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Lines that connect points of equal elevation.
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Contour lines
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Differnce in elevation between one contour line and the next.
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Contour Interval
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Difference in elevation between the highest and lowest points of the area being mapped.
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Relief
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A darker, heavier contour line that is usually every fifth line and is labeled by elevation
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Index Contour
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