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Map
A
two-dimensional graphical
representation of an area, land or
sea
, depicting physical features
Globe
A
three-dimensional
spherical model of the
Earth
Parts of a map/globe
Longitude
Tropic of
Cancer
Prime Meridian
North
Pole
Latitude
Equator
Tropic of
Capricorn
South
Pole
Longitude
Vertical imaginary lines that run from
north
to
south
of a map or a globe
Latitude
Horizontal imaginary lines that run from
east
to
west
of a map or a globe
Geographic Coordinate System
System used to locate places using the
degrees
of
latitude
and longitude
Coordinates
A pair of
numbers
that describe the
position
of a point
