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17. Globes And Maps

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Chapter: 17. Globes And Maps

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A globe is a _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ of the Earth.

model

A book of maps is called an _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

atlas

The art of making maps is called _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

cartography

When we face north, the _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ direction is to our right.

east

The four main directions, North, South, East, and West, are called _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ directions.

cardinal

A _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ is an instrument which always points towards the north direction.

compass

Water bodies on a map are always shown in _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ colour.

blue

Mountains and highlands are shown in _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ colour on a map.

brown

A map represents a large area of land and is reduced in size using a _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ .

scale

The small pictures that show something in the real world on a map are called _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ .

symbols

A _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ or a legend drawn at the corner of a map explains each of the symbols used.

key

Lines drawn on a map from north to south and from east to west form a _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ .

grid

Thematic maps often cover topics like threats to the environment and _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ .

carbon footprints

A map gives us more information about a place than a _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ .

globe

If north is on top, the easy way to remember west and east is _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ .

Many years ago, it was commonly believed that the Earth was _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ .

flat

Each line on a map grid has a _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ or an _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ .

number, alphabet

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