The four main directions (North, South, East and West) are also called cardinal directions or cardinal points.
The four main points on a compass are called Cardinal directions.
The four cardinal directions are north, east, south, and west. They are used to indicate the main or primary directions on a compass rose or map.
Because the points on the design -- four large spikes for the four main directions (N, E, S, W), four smaller spikes for the corners (NE, NW, SE, SW), and often eight tiny spikes for the in-between directions (NNE, WSW, etc.) -- somewhat resemble the petals on a rose.
The "Cardinal" points. North, South, East and West.
Cardinal directions are the four main points of a compass: North, South, East, and West. North is at the top of a map, South is at the bottom, East is on the right, and West is on the left. These directions help navigate and provide orientation when traveling or reading maps.
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The four main directions(north, south,east, and west) are known as the cardinal directions. the thing on the map with the N, S, E, and W is known as the compass rose.
A compass rose, sometimes called a windrose, is a figure on a compass, map, nautical chart or monument.It is used to display the main directions (North, East, South and West). These are also called the cardinal directions.
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The four main points on a compass are 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.
The four cardinal points on a compass are North, South, East, and West.
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North, south, east, and west. Also, the directions in between the main four: northeast, northwest, southeast, southwest.
The four cardinal directions are north, east, south, and west. They are used to indicate the main or primary directions on a compass rose or map.