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Map Flashcards

1
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Planar Projection

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Shows Earth from the top

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Robinson Projection

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Eastern/western edges are accurate, polar areas are flattened

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Mercator projection

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Distorts size/distance, accurate direction/shape of land masses

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4
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Absolute location

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Tells coordinates

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5
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Relative Location

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Based on things around you

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Latitude

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Parallel lines circling Earth (left and right)

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Longitude

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Parallel lines circling Earth (up and down)

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Tropic of Cancer and Capricorn

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Tilt causes seasons to be diff in Northern/southern hemisphere

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Title

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tells what kind of info is on a map

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Key

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lists symbols, colours, and lines

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11
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Compass Rose

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shows 4 cardinal directions

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12
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Scale Bar

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shows relationship between map measurements and actual distance on Earth

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Political map

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Shows features set by humans

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Physical map

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Shows natural physical features and has texture

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Qualitative map

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Uses colours, symbols, lines/dots to show info related to a specific idea

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Flow line map

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Uses arrows to show movement of people, ideas, or physical systems

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Peninsula

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Land jutting into water surrounded on 3 sides by water

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Mountains

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Land with steep sides that rise sharply

18
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Valley

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Low land between hills/mountains

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Archipelago

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Group of islands

20
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Plains

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Land covered by grasses

21
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Desert

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Land receiving no more than 10 inches of precipitation

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Isthmus

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Narrow stretch of land connected 2 larger areas

23
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Island

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Land smaller than a continent

24
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Plateau

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Land at high elevation about 300 to 3000 ft

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Ocean

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Saltwater surrounding continents

26
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Sea

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Water completely/partly surrounded by land

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Gulf

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Water extending into a shoreline

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Bay

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Water extending into a shoreline

29
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Rivers

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Natural stream of water

30
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Delta

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land built up from soil carried down by a stream

31
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Lake

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Sizable inland body of water

32
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Strait

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Narrow stretch of water joining 2 larger bodies of water

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