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Important Map Terms: 

Map - A visual representation of the world. Maps provide us with information about or world, including countries, continents and the location of different features and the distance between places. 

Symbols - Pictures, letters and colours that are used to represent something specific on a map. 

Grid - A grid includes a series of crossing lines that create squares or rectangles. These shapes help us to identify areas on maps. 

Scale - Scale helps us to identify how big an area on a map is in reality. A scale might be shown as 1:00 for example, which means that 1 cm on the map represents 100 km in reality. 

Topographic VS Thematic Maps:

Topographic maps provide information on elevation. This refers to how far above sea level a particular area of land is. 

Check out this video on Thematic Maps:

Goods are any items that satisfy human needs and wants. They are material items that you can purchase. Anything that you can find in a grocery store, farmer's market, shopping mall, home improvement shop, or any other store is a good. These might include: fruit; vegetables; cell phones; train tickets; coffee from a coffee shop; etc. 

How is trade patterns changing, and why? Globalisation is one of the main accelerators of change globally. Check out this video on globalisation and how it is changing the way of production and trade patterns: 

Goods are any items that satisfy human needs and wants. They are material items that you can purchase. Anything that you can find in a grocery store, farmer's market, shopping mall, home improvement shop, or any other store is a good. These might include: fruit; vegetables; cell phones; train tickets; coffee from a coffee shop; etc. 

How is trade patterns changing, and why? Globalisation is one of the main accelerators of change globally. Check out this video on globalisation and how it is changing the way of production and trade patterns: