Geographic Terms
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- MAP
- a graphic representation of the earths surface on a flat piece of paper
- CARTOGRAPHER
- a person who draws or makes maps
- OCEAN
- the vast body of salt water that covers nearly 3/4 of the earth. the four oceans of the world are the Pacific, Atlantic,Indian and Arctic
- CONTINENT
- one of the large land masses of the earth
- MAP PROJECTION
- refers to the method a cartographer uses to transfer all the information from the round earth onto flat paper. All map projections produce distortion with regards to shape, orientation, and/or relative area
- SEA GULF AND BAY
- they are names given to an identation of the shoreline of an ocean or a large body of salt water
- GEOGRAPHY
- the study of places and the complex relationship between people and their environment
- MAP SYMBOLS
- can be colors, lines,dots, graphics, etc...that stands or represents something else on a map
- A SCALE OR MAP SCALE
- indicates the relationship between the distances on the map and the actual distances on the
- MENTAL MAP
- maps that represent the mental image that the person has of an area even of the places we have never been. they represent what the person knows or feels abouth the location 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 a mental map