CARDIO1. According to the map on page

20 of your textbook, Greenland looks bigger than it really is. What other areas do you think might look larger than they should? Why?

2. Tell me absolute location of Canada, and South America.

Section 3: Using the Tools of Geography

Information about places on the Earth and their locations is shown on maps and globes.

A globe is the most accurate tool because it is a round ball like the Earth. The sizes of oceans and continents are in proportion, that is, they are the right size in relation to one another.

There are problems with globes, however: They cannot be large enough to show details and they are hard to carry around. Flat maps solve these problems. They can be any size and they can show small areas in great detail. Unfortunately, a projection, showing a round area on a flat map, causes distortion. Things can look smaller or larger than they really are.  

 

Maps include features to make them easier to understand. A compass rose is a model of a compass that shows the cardinal directions, north, south, east, and west.

The intermediate directions are northeast, southeast, southwest and northwest.

compass rose

Scale

A map scale tells what a distance on the map stands for on Earth. For example, 1 inch on a map might stand for 1 mile (or 100 miles) on Earth. A map key tells what the symbols mean, such as a star for a capital city and a plane for an airport.

Time Zones The Earth is divided into 24

time zones, corresponding to 24 hours in a day.

As the earth rotates, the sun shines in different areas, moving from east to west during the course of a day.

Places that have the same longitude will be in the same time zone.

Map Legends The legend is the key to unlocking the

secrets of a map. Objects or colors in the legend represent something on the map.

Religions Legend

Can you understand this legend?

Age Expectancy

Legend

Legend Reading Activities

What You Can Learn From A Map› What do Maps Show Activity› Road Map › Road Map Legend › Road Map of Salt Lake City Reg

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› Map Worksheet

HOME LEARNING1. IDENTIFY 10 DIFFERENT

COUNTRIES AND THEIR TIME ZONE. TELL ME WHAT TIME WILL BE IN EACH ONE.

2. GIVE ME THE ABSOLUTE LOCATION OF 3 COUNTRIES

Use Page 585 of your textbook to locate the following countries.

1. 40 N 100 W

2. 20 N 90 W

3. 10 N 70 W

4. 60 N 100 W

5. 0 LATITUDE 80 W

6. 20 S 60 W

7. 50 N 10E

8. 50 N 20 E

9. 40 N 30 E

10. 60 N 10 E

11. 20 S 20 E 12. 0 LATITUDE 40 E 13. 0 LONGTITUDE 20 N 14. 0 LONGTITUDE 40 N 15. 50 N 110 E 16. 20 S 140 E 17. 60 N 80 E 18. 40 N 60 E 19. 80 S 160 E 20. 20 N 80 E

http://www.nationsonline.org/oneworld/map/world_map2.htm

Use Page 585 of your textbook to locate the following countries.

1. UNITED STATES2. MEXICO3. VENEZUELA4. CANADA5. ECUADOR6. PARAGUAY7. GERMANY8. POLAND9. TURKEY10. nORWAY

11. NAMBIA12. KENYA13. MALI14. SPAIN15. MONGOLIA16. AUSTRALIA17. RUSSIA18. TURKMENISTAN19. ANTARTICA20. INDIA

http://www.nationsonline.org/oneworld/map/world_map2.htm