Mental Map Any visual image in our brain to help us get around in our environment.

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Mental Map Any visual image in our brain to help us get around in our environment

Physical Map A map that shows natural features like land and water forms

Relief Map A map that shows the elevation of the land through the use of color, symbols, or lines

Political Map A map that shows human made boundaries and features

Special Purpose Map It shows one particular subject or topic on a map Examples: road map and weather map

Scale It shows what distances on the map are equal to in reality on Earth

Key or Legend Part of a map that explains its symbols

Grid Pattern of crisscrossing lines to help us locate places on a map

Map Index Part of a map that tells where places are on the map using grid coordinates

Compass (Rose) Map feature that shows the directions on a map

Atlas A book of maps

Direction Point towards which something faces or a line along which it moves

Cartographer Someone who makes maps for a living

Projection An attempt to show the earth on a flat piece of paper

Elevation Height of something above sea level 3165 ft

Contour lines Lines that connect points on a map of equal elevation

Topography The science of representing surface features of a region on maps

GPS Global Positioning Systems: A system of satellites, computers, and receivers that is able to determine a receivers latitude and longitude