What is a Compass Rose?

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North

West              East

South

What is the meaning of

absolute location ?

What is a map key?

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body of saltwater, larger than a sea

Name the 4 oceans.

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1. Atlantic Ocean
2. Pacific Ocean
3. Indian Ocean
4. Arctic Ocean

Name the 7 continents.

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1. Europe
2. Asia
3. Australia
4. Africa
5. North America
6. South America
7. Antarctica

imaginary lines on a map that run horizontally ------

They are also called parallels

because they never touch.

imaginary lines on a map that run vertically    l

They are also called meridians

and they touch at the poles.

What is the Prime Meridian?

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0 degrees longitude

It goes through Greenwich, England.

What is the International Date Line?

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an imaginary line on the surface of the Earth opposite the Prime Meridian which changes the date as one travels east or west across it.  

The International Date Line sits on the 180º line of longitude in the middle of the Pacific Ocean, and is the imaginary line that separates two consecutive calendar days.

What is the meaning of

relative location ?

describing where one place is located based on the location of another place

For example:

1. The Great Lakes are in the northeastern part of the United States. 
2. My house is 20 miles from school.

Where is the Tropic of Cancer? 

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a line of latitude

23 1/2 degrees North of the equator

Where is the Tropic of Capricorn ?

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a line of latitude

23 1/2 degrees South of the equator

Where is the equator ?

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