Social Studies Explorers and Map Skills

the process of exploring

o learn or find something new either by accident (unexpectedly) or because you were in search of it.

n instrument that shows direction and has a needle that always points north. The marks on a compass show cardinal directions, which are nort

a flat picture of a place; drawn from an aerial perspective.

a round model of earth containing continents and oceans

northeast, northwest, southeast and southwest

The imaginary line that divides the earth into the Northern and Southern Hemispheres

he directions on a compass; north, south, east, and west.

a number line marked in years, centuries, etc. It is used as a visual aide to help understand the chronological organization of history and