What is a map? A map is a smaller representation of an area.
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What is a map? A map is a smaller representation of an area.
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What are the four parts of a map?
1. title 2. key 3. compass 4. scale
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What is the title?
Tells what the map is about
The World’s FeaturesNatural Wonders
Important Land and Water Area of the World
The World Map
Fantastic Wonders
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What is the key?
Tells what the symbols of the map mean
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What is the compass rose?
Is the direction marker
What are the cardinal directions?
Are the middle directions NE-NW-SE-SW
Are the main directions N-S-E-W
What are the intermediate directions?
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What is the scale?
Shows distance in relation to a measurement or standard
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What is the inset map?
A small map within a larger map
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What is the locator?
A small map or picture, within a map, that shows where the region on the main map is located in a state, country, continent or world.
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What is a grid?
Lines that run north-south and east-west to help locate a place on a map
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What are lines of longitude?
Lines that run north-south on a map
What are lines of latitude?
Lines that run east-west on a map
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0o latitude divides the northern and southern hemispheres
0o longitude divides the eastern and western hemispheres
What is the equator?
What is the Prime Meridian?
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What are the four hemispheres?
Northern, southern, eastern, and western
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What are the seven continents?
North America, South America, Europe, Africa, Asia, Australia, and Antarctica
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What are the four oceans? Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, and Arctic