Vocabulary
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- compass rose
- the symbol on a map which shows the directions of n.e.w.s.
- mental map
- maps that represent the mental image that a person has of an area - even of places weve never been.Mental maps represents what the person knows or (feels) about the locations and characteristics of places.
- scale or map scale
- indicates the relationship between the distances on the map and the actual distances on the Earth.
- map symbols
- can be colors, lines,dots,graphics,etc... that stands for or represents something else on a map.
- Sea,Gulf,and Bay
- names given to an indentation of the shoreloine of an ocean area are a large body of salt water.
- Ocean
- the vast body of salt water that covers nearly three fourths of the Earth.The four oceans of the world are the pacific,atlantic,Indian,and Artic.
- Geography
- the study of places and the complex realationship between people and their environment.
- map
- graphic representation of the earth's surface on a flat piece of paper.
- map projection
- refers to the method a cartographer uses to transfer alll the information from the round earth onto flat piece of paper.All map projections produce disortation with regards to shape, orientation, and or relative area.
- continet
- is one of the large landmasses of the Earth.
- carotgrapher
- a person who draws or makes maps.