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a flat drawing of a place as you would see it from above.
A map can be used to determine the direction and distance from one place to another. |
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a model of the earth; It is round because it shows the whole earth which is round like a ball. A globe can turn like the earth.
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| symbols on a map that stand for real places and things |
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| tells us what the symbols on a map mean |
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| show where land massess and bodies of water are on the earth's surface |
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| a set of horizontal and vertical lines that cross one another on a map |
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| a set of letters and/ or numbers used to find a place on a map or globe |
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| lines that run east and west around the earth on a map or globe |
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| lines that run north and south around the earth on a map or globe |
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| North, South, East and West |
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| Northwest, Northeast, Southwest, and Southeast |
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| tool used to measure the distance on a map or globe; for example, one inch = 200 miles |
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