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Map A Look at the area of the classroom your teacher has marked off with tape. Draw all the objects in the area, placing them as accurately as possible on Map A. When you finish your map, compare it to the maps of two or three other students. How closely does your map match the maps of other students? How could this map be drawn more accurately?
Map B Now map the same area again. Be careful to locate each object on the grid before drawing it on Map B. When you complete the map, compare it with two or three maps other students made. Is Map A or B more accurate? Why? How does a grid help us create accurate maps?
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Maps may vary, but should include objects in the area marked off with tape.
Objects on map should match coordinates of actual objects in the classroom. Expect Map B to be more accurate than Map A.
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Answer the Challenge Questions from Handout B: Geography Challenge Questions for Latitude and Longitude. For each Challenge Question, find the correct location(s) on the map. Make sure to:• write the question number on the location(s)• label the location(s)
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Answer the Challenge Questions from Handout C: Geography Challenge Questions for Key Water and Landforms. For each Challenge Question, find the correct location(s) on the map. Make sure to:• write the question number on the location(s)• label the location(s)
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Answer the Challenge Questions from Handout D: Geography Challenge Questions for Physical Features. For each Challenge Question, find the correct location(s) on the map. Make sure to:• write the question number on the location(s)• label the location(s)
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Read Section 6, Climate in the United States.
What type of climate is each place most likely to experience? Label if each place is: hot and dry, hot and humid, cold and dry, or cold and wet.
Read Section 7, Vegetation in the United States.
What type of vegetation is each place most likely to have? Label if the place has: forests, grasslands, or wetlands.
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Read Section 8, Geography Affects Where People Live.
Give one example of how each part of geography affects how people live.
Part of Geography Example
Physical Features
Climate
Vegetation
Read Section 9, Creating Maps.
Examine each data table. What kind of map can a cartographer make from the data? Write your answer next to each table.
City Population
New York, New York 8,175,133
Chicago, Illinois 2,695,598
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 1,523,006
City Average Temperature Fahrenheit
Las Vegas, Nevada 80
New Orleans, Louisiana 78
Boston, Massachusetts 59
State Median Household Income
Maryland $70,004
Texas $49,392
Ohio $45,749
• People can more easily build homes in places with flat lowlands.• Because people depend on water for food or trade, they are more
likely to live near areas by oceans, gulfs, or lakes.
• It is easier to farm in places with some rain and warm temperatures.
• People who live in places with a hot and dry climate have to get water from other places.
• Vegetation can provide food to people.• Forests provide people with materials they need to create
buildings and homes.
population map
climate map
economic map
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Choose a route, overland or by water, that would take someone traveling from New York to the goldfields of California in 1849. Draw their route on the map below.
Route to California
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Write a story about people traveling to the goldfields of California. Include some details about how the geographic features along the way affected their journey. You may include an illustration to show one geographic feature.
Stories will vary but should include information from the Student Text to describe the trip, particularly the geographic features.
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Questions may vary, but should align with the three categories. Answers should also be accurate.