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Virginia Relative Location STUDY GUIDE (ANSWER KEY)
Part A: Basic Geography Terms
1) relative location - the location of an object in relation to the location of
another object
2) compass rose - a part of a map that shows the different points of direction
3) cardinal directions - North, South, East, West
4) intermediate directions - Northeast, Northwest, Southeast, Southwest
5) map key/legend - the part of the map that tells what the symbols on the
map stand for
6) map scale - the place on a map which shows the size of the map
compared with its actual size
Part B: Relative Location
Earth
North America
United States
Virginia
Loudoun
Ashburn
town
county
state
country
continent
planet
Part C: Bordering States and Bodies of Water
Maryland
West Virginia
Kentucky
*Virginia*
Chesapeake
Bay
Atlantic
Ocean
Tennessee
North Carolina
Study Hard! Your QUIZ is on
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