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15 Cards in this Set
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Boundary
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The outside edge of a place, the border.
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Cardinal Directions
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The main directions, north, east, south, and west.
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Cartographer
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The official name for a mapmaker.
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Compass rose
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A direction marker on a map that shows the Cardinal directions.
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Continent
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A large land mass above the water on earth.
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Equator
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An imaginary line that divides the world into northern and southern hemispheres. 0 degrees latitude.
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Inset Map
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A small map within a larger map.
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Intermediate Directions
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The direction between Cardinal directions: northeast, northwest, southeast, and southwest.
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Lines of Latitude
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Imaginary lines on the map that run east to west, also called parallels.
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Lines of Longitude
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Imaginary lines on a map that run north to south, also called meridians.
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Map Key
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Explains what the symbols on a map stand for.
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Map scale
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Compares the distance on a map with the distance in the real world.
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migrate
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to move from one area to settle in another.
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Prime Meridian
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An imaginary line on a map that divides the world into eastern and western hemispheres. 0 degrees longitude
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Thematic Map
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A map that focuses on one specific idea or theme.
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