Word

Definition/How it’s used

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Map

a diagram showing land or sea

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Globe

an object shaped like a ball with pictures of the earth on it

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Cardinal directions

North, East, South & West

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Intermediate (or secondary) directions

Northeast, Southeast, Southwest, Northwest

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Compass rose

a symbol showing directions

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Scale, Scale bar

shows the distance on the map that represents the actual distance on the earth

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Map Legend (or Key)

a list that explains the symbols on a map

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Hemisphere

½ the earth

Equator

an imaginary line drawn around the earth equally distant from both poles, dividing the earth into northern and southern hemispheres and constituting the parallel of latitude 0°.

Prime Meridian

the earth's zero of longitude, which by convention passes through Greenwich, England.

Latitude

distance north or south of the equator measured in degrees up to 90 degrees

Longitude

distance measured in degrees east or west from an imaginary line (called the prime meridian) that goes from the North Pole to the South Pole and that passes through Greenwich, England

Degree

The unit of measure used to describe the lines of latitude and longitude.

Relative location

It’s a point or place in relation to another point or place. You use relative location to help give directions.

Highland Park is north of Chicago, in Illinois, in the USA, in North America.

Absolute location

Exact location using coordinates of latitude and longitude or GPS.

The absolute location of Highland Park is: 42.18° N, 87.80° W