MAP SKILLS

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MAP SKILLS

• THE UNITED STATES
• BY MARIAN MILLS

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FIFTH GRADE SOCIAL STUDIES

• NCSCOS 1.01
• The learner will apply geographic concepts about
  the United States related to map and globe
  skills.
• EOG Focus Main Idea, Compare and Contrast,
  Interpretation, Comprehension

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STUDY GUIDE FOR TEXTBOOKREAD ATLAS PAGES A2-A13

• A map is a drawing that shows all or part of the
  earth on a flat surface.
• 1. Write the 9 parts (vocabulary
• words) of a map and the
• definitions.

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• Sometimes map makers add lines that cross each
  other to form a pattern of squares called a grid
  system.
• 2. What city can be found in square D.
• 3. In which square will you find the oceans
  that
• border Alaska?
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• An inset map is a map within a map.
• 4. Find Alaska and Hawaii? Tell why these
  states are shown on a separate map.

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• There are 9 bodies of water that surround the
  United States.
• 5. Write the 9 bodies of water.
• 6. Which states have coastlines on the
  Pacific Ocean?

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• A political map divides the United States into 4
  regions.
• 7. What are the 4 regions? Which appears
  to be the largest?
• 8. In which region do you live?

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• A map key gives symbols that identify the
  national capital, state capital, major cities,
• along with the symbols for the national and state
  borders.
• 9. What is the symbol for the national
  capital?
• 10. In which region is the national capital?

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• A physical map show the colors that represent
  different kinds of vegetation, plant life, and
  the shapes of the land.
• 11. According to the map key, which
• region has the most arid areas?
• 12. How would you describe the Mojave
  Desert?

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• A map key also tells us about landforms that may
  have mountain, evergreens, forest, grasslands,
  and Tundra?
• 13. Which part of the United States is
• mostly flat grasslands?
• 14. which state has the largest Tundra?
• 15. North Carolina is shown mostly in the dark
  green.
• 16. What landform does this represent?