5th Grade_Glossary part 2

A map that primarily displays roads and transport links.

A thing that represents or stands for something else.

It is measured by imaginary lines that run around the Earth vertically and meet at the North and South Poles.

A group of numbers used to indicate the position of a point, line, or plane.

The relative physical position or direction of something.

The difference between its highest and lowest elevations.

A cardinal point of the compass, to the right of north.

It is measured with 180 imaginary lines that form circles around the Earth east-west, parallel to the Equator.

A rule determining the distances between marks on a scale.

Is the capital and most populous city of Norway.

The prime meridian, which passes through the Royal Observatory at Greenwich, England.

Serve to provide information to tourist, on possible travel routes, on the location of specific landmarks.

Also known locally as the Sierra Nevada is an active volcanic belt that covers central-southern Mexico.

A cardinal point of the compass, to the left when facing north.

Is the capital and most populous city of Thailand.

The science or practice of drawing maps.

A map or drawn under this carthographer's projection.

Another word to use besides longitudes.

A cardinal point of the compass lying directly opposite north

A meridian in a geographic coordinate system at which longitude is defined as 0°. Also known as the Greenwich meridian.

The direction in which a compass needle normally points.

Described as images which show a particular place in a specific point in time.

Also known as elevation is the distance above sea level.

A standard metric measurement of the elevation of a location in reference to mean sea level.

A type of map that represents political divisions, or human-created boundaries, of the world, continents.