• Cartographic Scales
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  • What is a cartographic scale?
    a. A tool that shows how much the real world has been reduce
  • Why are maps so small compared to the real world?
    They only show small parts of a place.
  • If a map has a scale of "1 cm = 1 km," what does that mean?
    Every centimeter on the map is 100,000 centimeters in real
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