Directions• Compass Rose – a symbol that shows a direction on a map.

• Cardinal Directions – north, south, east, west

• North Pole – the point farthest north on Earth.

• South Pole – the point farthest south on Earth

• Intermediate Direction – northeast, southeast, northwest, southwest

Symbols and Legends

• Symbol – a picture on a map that stands for something real

• Boundaries – lines that separate states or countries

• Legend – a map key or a list of symbols on a map and what they stand for

• Political Map – a map that shows the boundaries separating states and countries

• Title – the name of the map

Longitude

• Longitude – the distance east or west of the Prime Meridian

• Prime Meridian – an imaginary line going from the North Pole to the South Pole

• Meridians – lines of longitude

• Eastern and Western Hemisphere – is divided by the Prime Meridian

Latitude• Latitude – the distance north and south of the Equator

• Equator – the imaginary line around the middle of the Earth the divides the Earth into the Northern and Southern Hemisphere

• Tropic of Cancer – the parallel of latitude twenty-three and half degrees north of the Equator

• Tropic of Capricorn – the parallel of latitude twenty-three and half degrees south of the Equator

• Arctic Circle – the parallel of latitude sixth-six and half degrees north of the Equator

• Antarctic Circle - the parallel of latitude sixth-six and half degrees south of the Equator

• Parallels – lines of latitude

• Degrees – the units of latitude and longitude lines

Time Zones• The Earth is turning all the time

• It makes one complete rotation or turn every 24 hours

• The Earth is divided into 24 time zones

• There is one time zone for each hour in the day

• Arizona is in the Mountain Time Zone