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The words north, south, east, and west in English come from the old German language.
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What is the collective name for all 4 points of a compass?
Cardinal points or Cardinal directions
What is another name for the four main directions on a copass rose?
The four main directions (North, South, East and West) are also called cardinal directions or cardinal points.
Are east west south and north cardinal directions or ordinal directions?
they are cardinal directions.
What kinds of directions are north south east and west?
They are the four cardinal points. (cardinal directions)
Why are the cardinal directions called 'cardinal directions'?
The four cardinal directions are referred to as cardinal because they are the four main origin directions. if you look up the word cardinal in the dictionary one of the definitions is as follows...1. of prime importance; chief; principal: of cardinal significance.
What is the difference between cardinal directions and ordinal directions?
Cardinal directions refer to the four cardinal points; north, west, south and east. On the contrary, ordinal directions are points that are located in between the cardinal points.
What shows the cardinal directions or the intermediate directions on a map?
The compass. It usually shows both the intermediate and cardinal directions. Sometimes it will only show the cardinal directions.
Where are the cardinal and intermediate directions on a map?
Cardinal directions are the four regular directions such as north south east and west. Intermediate are the directions in between the cardinal directions such as NW, SW, NE, SE.
What do you call north east south and west?
They are known as the four cardinal directions.
Indicate the cardinal directions?
I uderstand the cardinal directions to be North, East, South and West
How do you use a question with cardinal directions?
Why aren't there more than 4 cardinal directions?
What is a drawing that indicates directions on a map especially cardinal and intermediate directions?
what is a drawing that indicates directions on a map especially cardinal and intermediate directions
