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Page 1: Tells what the map is about Shows the location of cities, state, and countries.

Map Features

Page 2: Tells what the map is about Shows the location of cities, state, and countries.

Title

Tells what the map is about

Page 3: Tells what the map is about Shows the location of cities, state, and countries.

Political Map

Shows the location of cities, state, and

countries

Page 4: Tells what the map is about Shows the location of cities, state, and countries.

Physical Map

Shows landforms such as mountains and

rivers

Page 5: Tells what the map is about Shows the location of cities, state, and countries.

Compass Rose

A decorative pointer that shows the four

major directions

Page 6: Tells what the map is about Shows the location of cities, state, and countries.

Cardinal DirectionsThe four major

directions:North, South, East, West

Page 7: Tells what the map is about Shows the location of cities, state, and countries.

IntermediateDirections

The pointers halfway between the cardinal

directions: Northeast, Southeast, Southwest, Northwest

Page 8: Tells what the map is about Shows the location of cities, state, and countries.

SYMBOLS

A mark, drawing, or color that stands for something on a map.

Page 9: Tells what the map is about Shows the location of cities, state, and countries.

Map Key

Also called a legend. Shows what symbols in

a map stand for.

Page 10: Tells what the map is about Shows the location of cities, state, and countries.

Locator

A small globe or map found in a corner that

shows you where the main map is located within an

area of the Earth

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SCALE

Helps us figure out how far it is in real miles or kilometers from one point on a map to

another


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