social studies vocabulary #1-20
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- intermediate directions
- are the points of a compass that fall between the four cardinal points (e.g., northeast, southeast, southwest, northwest).
- low latitude
- an area between 30 degrees north and 30 degrees south of the Equator. The tropical region is within the low latitudes between the Tropic of Cancer and the Tropic of Capricorn.
- mental maps
- are 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 the characteristics of places. From the layout of the students bedroom to the distribution of oceans, continents, countries, cities, and cultures on Earth we all carry around with us
- legand or key
- the part of the map where you will find the explanation to the meaning of symbols and pictures on a map.
- lines of latitude
- measure the distance north or south of the equator
- map
- a graphic representation of the earth's surface on a flat piece of paper.
- geography
- is the study of places and the complex relationship between people and their environment
- latitude
- is the distance north or south of the Equator
- map projection
- refers to the method a cartographer uses to transfer all the information from the round earth to a flat peice of paper. All map projections produce distortions with regards to shape orientation and/or relative area
- ocean
- vast body of water that covers nearly 3/4 of the earth. the four oceans of the world are pacific, atlantic, indian, and arctic.
- hemisphere
- is one half of a globe. The Northern Hemisphere on is divided from the Southern Hemisphere by the Equator.
- cartographer
- a person that makes or draws maps.
- sea, gulf, bay
- names given to an indention of the shore line of an ocean or a large body of salt water.
- a scale or map scale
- indicates the relationship between the distances on the map and the actual distances on the earth
- globe
- a round model of the earth
- cardinal directions
- are the four main directions
- continent
- one of the large landmasses on earth
- compass rose
- the symbol on a map that shows the directions of north south east west
- map symbols
- can be colors lines dots graphics ect...that stands for or represents something on a map
- equator
- is an imaginary line around the middle of the earth. The Equator is exactly half way between the North Pole and the South Pole. The Equator divides Earth into the Northern and Southern Hemispheres.