It’s a sphere slightly flattened at its poles

It’s a sphere slightly flattened at its poles

GEOID

It’s a three-dimensional representation of the Earth

It’s a three-dimensional representation of the Earth

GLOBE

It’s a two-dimensional representation of the Earth

It’s a two-dimensional representation of the Earth

MAP

They enable us to establish direction

They enable us to establish direction

CARDINAL POINTS

It’s an instrument with a magnetic needle which always

points north

It’s an instrument with a magnetic needle which always

points north

COMPASS

It’s a map which gives information on relief

It’s a map which gives information on relief

PHYSICAL MAP

It’s a map which gives information on particular

subjects, such as climate or vegetation

It’s a map which gives information on particular

subjects, such as climate or vegetation

THEMATIC MAP

It’s a map which gives information on political

organization

It’s a map which gives information on political

organization

POLITICAL MAP

It’s the part of a map that contains the symbols which

represent information on that map

It’s the part of a map that contains the symbols which

represent information on that map

KEY

It’s a semicircle which goes from one pole to the other

It’s a semicircle which goes from one pole to the other

MERIDIAN

It’s a circle which is perpendicular to meridians

It’s a circle which is perpendicular to meridians

PARALLEL

It’s the distance, measured in degrees, from any point on

Earth to the equator

It’s the distance, measured in degrees, from any point on

Earth to the equator

LATITUDE

It’s the distance, measured in degrees, from any point on

Earth to the Greenwich Meridian

It’s the distance, measured in degrees, from any point on

Earth to the Greenwich Meridian

LONGITUD

It’s a number or a bar which shows us the difference

between the size of something in the real world and its size

on a map

It’s a number or a bar which shows us the difference

between the size of something in the real world and its size

on a map

SCALE