TAKING THE BITEOUT OF

MAP READING

The Worldof Geography!

Our World

Geography is the study of

Earth’s Physical Properties

An important tool used to study geography is a

Map!

A Globe is helpful and informative too

What are the Similarities and Differences Between Maps and Globes?

Let’s brainstorm this together!

Map and GlobeSimilarities and Differences

SimilaritiesDifferences

Globe Map

GlobeA globe is a 3 dimensional, accurate presentation

of the entire world. It shows accurate areas, distances, and relative shape and size.

However, a globe is not portable and cannot show the specific information that a map can show

MAPSA map is not as accurate as a globe.

A map looks distorted with its view of

the Earth’s features.

Greenland is almost as big as South America on a flat map.

What are Earth’sfeatures?

For instance, areas near both poles are

much larger on a map than in reality.

However a map shows more detail than a globewhich we’ll go into more detail soon.

For school work, the Robinson Projection is the best mapto use for Social Studies, which looks like this...

MAPS

There are different ways to make a map. So, some maps show less distortion than others.

Just as we use a vocabulary to communicate to each other

Map reading has its own vocabulary which we will use this year

Scale Bar and Map Key

The Equator

Compass RoseCardinal Directions Prime Meridian

Longitude

Latitude

Map reading is a life skill,with a vocabulary all its own!

Cardinal Directionsare North, East,South andWest.

Cardinal Directions are shown on a

map as acompass rose.

Let’s practice using our Cardinal Directions

San Francisco is what direction from Philadelphia? True/false the Great Lakes are found in southwest United States?

San Francisco is what direction from Alaska?

What state is the furthest north?New Jersey is what direction from Pennsylvania?

Houston is what direction from Philadelphia?What state is the furthest south?

What state is the furthest east?What state is the furthest west?

The scale bar helps reading the map.

It shows distance between any two places.

Scale sizes change

based on the map.

The map key (or legend) helps identify features on a map. Popular map keys show elevation,

terrain population, religions, and more.

Latitude and Longitude are measured by degrees

DEGREES

To help locate places on a map,we use lines of latitude and longitude

Latitudeis shown on a map as a horizontalline.

Lines of Latitude are parallel lines.

They go around, but never touchor intersect each other.

Lines of Latitude measure distance in North to South direction

The Equator is a line of latitude which is the

midway point between the northern and

southern hemispheres

Longitude is a vertical line seen on a globe or map. The longlines goestop to bottom.

Lines of Longitude measure distance in Eastto West

direction

Meridian is a line of

longitude

Prime Meridian is zero degrees longitude, the first line of longitude

Latitude and Longitudework together on a map or globe

to find exact locations.

It may look like this

Or it may look like this

Or it may look like this

1. Place 1 on the Equator. Place 1A North of the Equator. Place 1B South of the Equator.2. The degree of Longitude which goes through the center of North America ______, South America ____.3. The degree of Latitude which goes through the center of North America ______, South America ____.4. Place an X on the map where 20 North Latitude and 20 East Longitude meet (intersect).5. Place an O where 40 South Latitude and 40 West Longitude meet (intersect).

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