Map Skills
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Social Studies, History
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5th Grade
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Easy
Hyunjoo Sylvia Lee
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13 Slides • 6 Questions
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Explorers = people who settle far from home
Often, this is a place without maps!
Explorers = mapmakers
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Multiple Choice
Why would explorers make maps fo the places they were traveling?
To make money
because there weren't any maps yet!
for fun
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compass rose: a circle showing directions
scale: shows how many miles = an inch on a map
legend: a list of symbols and what they mean
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Scale
Legend
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Draw
Circle the SCALE on this map:
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*You cannot see these lines
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Prime Meridian: 0 degrees longitude
Equator: 0 degrees latitude
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Multiple Choice
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Multiple Select
What are the important lines on a map? (pick 2)
Prime meridian
scale
longitude
equator
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HOW people can locate specific places on maps
Gives a degree longitude, and a degree latitude
degree = distance from 0
34 degrees N (North of the equator),
118 degrees W (West of the prime meridian)
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Multiple Choice
How can someone locate splaces on a map?
coordinates
longitude
legend
scale
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Open Ended
What is another type of map you can think of?
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