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Map SkillS!

 

 

Three Types of Maps

Political, Physical, and Thematic

 

Four Cardinal Directions

North, South, East, and West

http://www.sfsocialstudies.com/g1/u2/index.html

 

Intermediate Directions

Northeast, Northwest, Southeast, and Southwest.

 

Scale

Used to measure distance on a Map

 

Latitude Lines

Run East and West

Measure North to South

http://www.worldatlas.com/aatlas/imageg.htm

 

Longitude Lines

Run North to South

Measure East to West

http://www.mcwdn.org/MAPS&GLOBES/Latitude.html

 

Equator

0 ° Latitude

http://geography.about.com/od/physicalgeography/a/equatorialctys.htm

 

Prime Meridian

O° Longitude

http://geography.about.com/od/lists/qt/primemeridianps.htm

 

Hemispheres  (Divides world into half)

North and South Hemisphere

East and West Hemisphere

 

Map Key

Tells you how to read symbols on a map

 

Time Zones

World is divided into different time zones

 

 

 

 



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