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terms related to geography and their definitions

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#Geography #fourthgrade

This is a small map or picture of a globe that shows where the place on the map is located

A locator

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Name the FIVE Oceans

Atlantic, Arctic, Pacific, Indian, Southern

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What are Intermediate Directions

The ones between the cardinal directions

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What are cardinal directions?

North, South, East, West

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What is a picture that represents or stands for something else?

Symbol

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This is a map that shows a larger view of a smaller area of a main map.

Inset Map

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This explains what the symbols mean on a map.

Map Key

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This tells the subject of the map

Map Title

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This is a type pf map using a set of lines that divide the map into columns and rows

Grid Map

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This is used to compare the distance between places.

Map Scale

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What is a compass rose?

Used to show directions. For example, N, E, S, W

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Name the 7 continents. (Hint, 4 start with A)

Asia, Antarctica, Australia, Africa, North America, South America, Europe

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This divides the Earth in half (horizontally)

Equator

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Name the 4 hemispheres

Northern, Southern, Western, Eastern

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This splits the Earth in half (vertically) up and down.

Prime Meridian

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This goes north and south on a map, it measures degrees west and east.

Longitude

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