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History and Geography
A compass is a tool for nding directions.
The needle always points towards the North.
The person using the compass can then nd out all the other directions.
Figure 1
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The drawing shows the points of a compass.
It indicates the four cardinal points.
N stands for North and S stands for South.
N
S
EW
The cardinal points show the directions.
The four cardinal points are: North, East, South and West.
They are also known as the four main points of a compass.
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