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25 Cards in this Set
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A series of intersecting lines that can be used to locate a position on a map.
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Grid System
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A tool that allows you to see the real life distance between two places on a map.
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Map Scale
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A type of boundary that is created by man. This includes many levels such as national, state, county, and city.
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Political Boundary
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A type of boundary that is created by nature. This could include rivers, lakes, oceans, or other geographic landforms.
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Natural Boundary
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A geographic tool that displays the meaning of the symbols shown on a map.
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Map Key or Legend
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This is found on a map and displays the cardinal and/or intermediate directions.
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Compass Rose
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A type of map that shows the routes of transportation from place to place.
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Road Map
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A map tool that includes the directions of N, E, S, and W.
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Cardinal Directions
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A type of map that shows the changes in elevation in an area.
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Topographic Map
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A map tool that includes the directions of NE, NW, SE, and SW.
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Intermediate Directions
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A list of places and their coordinates for a map or atlas.
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Map Index
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A map that shows the difference in phisical land formations for an area.
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Physical Map
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Small images that represent important features of a map.
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Symbols
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Lines of the global grid system that run vertically and measure east to west.
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Longitude Lines
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Lines of the global grid system that run horizontally and measure from north to south.
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Lattitude
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A type of map that shows the temperature and/or precipitation for an area.
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Climate/Weather Map
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A United States region that includes states near the center of the Atlantic Coast line.
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Middle Atlantic Region
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A United States region that includes states that produce milk products.
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Dairy Belt
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A United States region that includes states that are known for factories that produce many different products.
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Manufacturing Belt
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A United States region that includes states which border the great lakes.
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Great Lakes Region
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The Pennsylvania Region that includes Pittsburgh, steel production, and the Monongahela River.
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Allegheny Plateau Region
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The Pennsylvania Region that includes Bloomsburg, Harrisburg, the Great Valley, the Susquehanna River, and coal production.
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Ridge and Valley Region
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The Pennsylvania region that includes low flat land, a port on a great lake, and farming.
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Erie Lowlands
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The Pennsylvania region that includes low flat land, shipbuilding, tourism, and the city of Philadelphia.
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Atlantic Coastal Plain
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The Pennsylvania region that includes rolling hills, rich farmland, and Lancaster.
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Piedmont
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