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20 Cards in this Set
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CARDINAL DIRECTION |
ONE OF THE FOUR COMPASS POINTS: NORTH, SOUTH, EAST & WEST |
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COMPASS ROSE |
A MAP FEATURE THAT USUALLY SHOWS THE 4 CARDINAL DIRECTION
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DEGREE |
A UNIT OF MEASURE USED TO DETERMINE ABSOLUTE LOCATION |
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DISTORTION |
IN MAPS, A CHANGE IN THE ACCURACY OF SHAPES & DISTANCES |
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EQUATOR |
AN IMAGINARY LINE THAT CIRCLES THE GLOBE AT ITS WIDEST POINT |
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GEOGRAPHY |
THE STUDY OF THE EARTH |
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GLOBE |
A ROUND MODEL OF THE EARTH |
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KEY |
THE SECTION OF A MAP THAT EXPLAINS THE MAP SYMBOLS |
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LATITUDE |
IMAGINARY LINES THAT ARE EAST TO WEST CIRCLES AROUND THE EARTH, ALSO CALLED PARALLELS |
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LONGITUDE |
IMAGINARY LINES THAT RUN NORTH AND SOUTH FROM ONE POLE TO THE OTHER; ALSO CALLED MERIDIAN LINES |
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MERIDIAN |
A LINE THAT CIRCLES THE GLOBE FROM NORTH TO SOUTH AND RUNS THROUGH BOTH THE NORTH AND SOUTH POLES; A LONGITUDE LINE |
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PARALLEL |
ANY OF THE IMAGINARY LINES THAT CIRCLE THE EARTH FROM EAST TO WEST; A LATITUDE LINE |
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ENVIRONMENT |
OUR SURROUNDINGS ON THE EARTH |
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PRIME MERIDIAN |
THE MERIDIAN, OR LONGITUDE LINE, THAT RUNS THROUGH GREENWICH, ENGLAND |
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PROJECTION |
A REPRESENTATION OF THE EARTH'S ROUNDED SURFACE ON A FLAT PIECE OF PAPER |
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SCALE |
THE SIZE OR PROPORTION OF SOMETHING ON A MAP AS COMPARED TO ITS ACTUAL SIZE |
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LOW LATITUDES |
THE AREA BETWEEN THE TROPIC OF CANCER AND THE TROPIC OF CAPRICORN; THE TROPICS |
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ORBIT |
THE OVAL-SHAPED PATH ON WHICH THE EARTH TRAVELS AROUND THE SUN |
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REVOLUTION |
THE EARTH'S JOURNEY AROUND THE SUN |
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MIDDLE LATITUDES |
THE TEMPERATE ZONE |
