AIM: How can maps help us to understand the world?

Do Now:

(1) I am a person who recovers artifacts in order to find out about how people lived in the past __________________

(2) I am valuable information gathered at the actual time of an event in history ________________

(3) A textbook and encyclopedia are examples of __________ sources.

HW: Find a map and create 3 questions that could be answered by using the map.

archaeologist

Primary sources

secondary

Identify the largest pieces of the world:

1

2

3

4

5 6

7

A B

C

D

1= Asia2= Africa3= Antarctica4= North America5= South America6=Australia7= Europe

A= Atlantic OceanB= Pacific OceanC= Arctic OceanD= Indian Ocean

*NOTES* What does this map illustrate?

Physical map- shows geographic features such as mountains, lakes, deserts etc. (mother nature)

*NOTES* What does this map illustrate?

Political map- shows boundaries/borders of countries (man-made)

*NOTES*INTERPRETING MAPS

1. KEY / LEGEND - gives important information that helps to understand the map. (Ex. * represents capital city)

2. EQUATOR- 0 degree imaginary line of latitude that separates the world into a northern and southern hemisphere

3. PRIME MERIDIAN- 0 degree imaginary line of longitude that separates the world into a eastern and western hemisphere