JLKR+6.2

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Vocabulary

 * map** - a map is a model of earth's surface on a flat surface.
 * globe** - a globe is a sphere of earths surface
 * scale** - a scale is what relates to the distance on both a map and the earth
 * symbol** - a mark on a map that stands for earth's features
 * key** - the key tells what the symbol on a map is
 * equator** - a line that is imaginary that circles around the earth
 * hemisphere** - a hemisphere is half of the earth's sphere
 * prime meridian** - it is also a imaginary line that goes through the South Pole and North Pole making a half circle
 * degree** - a degree is one out of 360 around a circle
 * latitude** - the latitude starts at the equator measuring the distance from north to south in degrees
 * longitude** - it measures the distance from east to west in degree
 * map projection** - is a framework of line, it help because it helps show landmasses on flat surfaces