Map and Globe Skills Vocab.

a smaller map within a larger one

a way used to locate a place on the map (latitude and longitude)

half of a sphere

a small map or picture of a globe that shows where an area on the main map is found in a state

a circular diagram on a map to show the direction of north and other main points of the compass

Northeast, Northwest, Southeast, and Southwest

tells you what the symbols stand for (found in the corner of a map)

a ratio that compares distance on a map to distance on Earth's surface

this IMAGINARY line crosses our planet in the middle

the basic directions on a map called North, South, East, and West

an imaginary longitudinal line that divides the Earth's sphere into halves of East and West