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The title may also help you know what kind of map it is. «Political maps show cities. states, and countries. + Physical maps show kinds’of land and bodies of water. + Historical maps show parts of the world as they were in the past. of a globe that shows where the place shown on the main map is located. symbols used on a map. Symbols may be colors, patterns, lines, or other special marks. AZ locator compass rose map key cardinal direction map scale intermediate direction often include features that are designed to help people use maps more easily. Mapmakers sometimes include lines that cross each other to form a pattern of squares called 2 Gfid|systém. Look at the map of the United States. Around the grid +A imap title tolts the subject of the + A ISCatOF is a small map or picture Y © Nall exit * Sue captal National borer * A MEBIKGY, or legend, explains the | State porcer out) racine ey) Ocasystem are letters and numbers. The columns, which run up and down, are labeled with numbers. The rows, which run across, have letters, Each square on ‘the map can be identified by its letter and number. For example, the top row ‘of squares on the map includes squares A-LtoAT Mapmakers may also include smaller maps called within larger ‘maps. Inset maps usually show a larger view of a small area on the main map. They may also show areas not shown on ‘the main map. Look again at the map of the United States. Alaska and Hawaii are shown on inset maps because they are located far from the area shown on the main map. ATLANTIC OCEAN ® PRACTICE THE SKILL Use the map of the United States to answer these questions. @ What cities are located in square D-5? @ In what direction would you travel to go from Jefferson City, Missouri, to Little Rock, Arkansas? © Find the map key, What symbol is used to show a state capital? @ About how many miles is it from Washington, D.C., to Frankfort, Kentucky? © Look at the inset maps of Hawaii and Alaska. 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