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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

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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

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IntermediateDirections

The pointers halfway between the cardinal

directions: Northeast, Southeast, Southwest, Northwest

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SYMBOLS

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

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Map Key

Also called a legend. Shows what symbols in

a map stand for.

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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