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Map Skills
Grades 7, 8, 9
Map Skills
The World
by R. Scott House
and Patti M. House
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Explore the varied features of the world while reinforcing
basic map reading skills. Sixteen student pages and
accompanying blackline and full–color maps coordinate
to provide a relational study of the elevations, vegetation,
climates, products, populations, and peoples of the world.
Student pages challenge students to combine maps and
additional resources in order to answer questions and
make judgments.
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Question topics follow the Five Themes of Geography
as outlined by the National Geographic Society: finding
absolute and relative locations on a map, relating physical
and human characteristics to an area, understanding
human relationships to the environment, tracing movement
of peoples and goods throughout an area, and organizing
countries and continents into regions for detailed study.
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The World Political............................................................................................... 1
The World Political............................................................................ 1a, 1b*
Physical Features of the World............................................................................ 2
Physical Features of the World......................................................... 2a, 2b*
Countries and Capitals of North America.......................................................... 3
Countries and Capitals of North America........................................ 3a, 3b*
Physical Features of North America................................................................... 4
Physical Features of North America................................................. 4a, 4b*
Countries and Capitals of South America........................................................... 5
Countries and Capitals of South America........................................ 5a, 5b*
Physical Features of South America................................................................... 6
Physical Features of South America................................................. 6a, 6b*
Countries and Capitals of Africa......................................................................... 7
Countries and Capitals of Africa....................................................... 7a, 7b*
Physical Features of Africa.................................................................................. 8
Physical Features of Africa................................................................ 8a, 8b*
Countries and Capitals of Europe....................................................................... 9
Countries and Capitals of Europe..................................................... 9a, 9b*
Physical Features of Europe.............................................................................. 10
Physical Features of Europe.......................................................... 10a, 10b*
Countries and Capitals of Asia.......................................................................... 11
Countries and Capitals of Asia..................................................... 11a, 11b*
Physical Features of Asia................................................................................... 12
Physical Features of Asia.............................................................. 12a, 12b*
Countries and Capitals of Australia/Oceania................................................... 13
Countries and Capitals of Australia/Oceania............................... 13a, 13b*
Physical Features of Australia/Oceania............................................................ 14
Physical Features of Australia/Oceania....................................... 14a, 14b*
Antarctica Political and Physical....................................................................... 15
Antarctica Political and Physical.................................................. 15a, 15b*
Time Zones of the World.................................................................................... 16
Time Zones of the World................................................................ 16a, 16b*
*Full–color transparencies are found at the back of the book. Each transparency should be used to introduce the corresponding unit.
Teaching Guide
This book has been designed to strengthen map
reading and analyzing skills and to familiarize
students with the features of the world. Each section
contains a student page and an accompanying map
that is used to complete the student page. Students
may need to refer to maps they have already
studied and should have access to all previously
completed maps. Encourage students to use latitude
and longitude markings when comparing features
between maps. Students may use related resources
to assist them in completing the student pages.
Accept all reasonable answers that can be logically
supported. Color transparencies, located in the
back of the book, will assist you in your classroom
presentation.
Map 1: The World Political
This map uses the Robinson projection which is a
general all–purpose projection very suitable for use
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in classrooms. It has no special properties but also
has no excessive distortions which can create faulty
mental images of the world. It is a compromise
between rectangular projections such as the Mercator
or Peters and more accurate interrupted projections.
The study guide offers directional activities and a
world overview.
Extension Activities:
1. Use the map as a locator map for current
events around the world. Students can use newspapers
to obtain stories and then mark the locales on their
world map.
2. Select a product and trace what countries
contribute parts or products that comprise the
end product. Map the routes by which the product
eventually gets to your home.
3. Have students determine the country of
origin for products within their homes or for clothing
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longitude practice in matching capital cities with
their coordinates. It is recommended that you have
students label the countries on the map.
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Extension Activities (for continental political
maps):
1. Use different colors for different government
types: monarchy, republic, constitutional monarchy,
oligarchy (rule by a council), dictatorship, etc.
2. Use colors for treaty organizations, alliances,
or trade associations.
3. Map exports and imports within continental
boundaries.
4. Use the newspaper to identify “hotspots”
within the continent.
5. Create product maps using symbols or
icons.
6. Use latitude and longitude to locate major
cities.
7. Create a game using latitude and longitude
to answer the question: “What country am I in?”
8. Practice cardinal and intermediate directions
by comparing capitals or countries with each other.
9. Create choropleth maps using statistics such
as birthrate, population density, Gross National
Product, Per Capita Income, literacy, televisions per
thousand people, percentage of arable land, and so
on. Consult an almanac for other statistics.
10. Relate the countries on the political map to
features found on the physical map. Mental maps
are built by comparing different maps of the same
areas.
11. Research the origin of country names and
map them by linguistic group.
12. Use colors to represent the languages of the
world and map them.
13. Use colors to represent major world religions
and map where they are practiced.
14. Have students redraw the map as they think
boundaries might change in the future. Have them
justify their positions.
15. Classify countries into different types of
regions: i.e., Latin America vs. Anglo America.
16. Have students create a travel–log from
capital to capital using distances and directions.
17. Have students plot major highways,
navigable rivers, and railroads.
Physical Maps of the Continents
The study guide provides practice in reading and
map comparison.
Extension Activities:
1. Have students plot climate types, vegetation
types, precipitation patterns, and population density,
on these maps. Use different colors for different
types. This makes for good group work. Sources
for this information include encyclopedias, atlases,
textbooks, and other books in this series.
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that they are wearing. Map this information and
compare results.
4. Map major trade routes.
5. Have students create choropleth maps based
on different statistics. A choropleth map uses
different colors for different statistical ranges.
6. Use the map to help plan imaginary trips to
foreign lands.
7. Use the newspaper travel section to identify
popular world vacation spots. Map these.
8. Use the newspaper weather section to obtain
temperatures from cities around the world. Use an
atlas to locate these cities on your world map.
Map 2: Physical Features of the World
This map provides information on the earth’s
physiography that is not generally included on world
political maps. The study guide gives a narrative
description of the earth’s major physical features.
Extension Activities:
1. Use the map to locate major volcanoes and
earthquake zones. Have the students research these
in encyclopedias, textbooks, or almanacs. Note and
compare the patterns that develop.
2. Map the continental plates and discuss
continental drift.
3. Use the map to mark the routes of world
explorers. Use different colors for time periods
or for nationalities. Be sure not to neglect the
important discoveries of non–Europeans such as the
Phoenicians, Chinese, and Polynesians.
4. Use the map as a historic map base: draw
in country boundaries for different time periods. On
the world map, this is practical only for times when
certain empires held sway over vast amounts of
land: ancient times, British empire, Mongol empire,
World War II.
5. Plot biomes such as rainforests, deserts, and
tundra. Use the map as a base map for reports on
different biomes around the world.
6. Plot global air circulation patterns and
discuss their effect on weather, trade, and so on.
7. Plot the world ocean currents and discuss
their effect on weather, trade, exploration, and so
on.
8. Create world climate maps.
9. Map the spread of diseases such as smallpox,
bubonic plague, and AIDS, throughout history.
10. Locate the world’s highest mountain peaks
using references such as atlases and encyclopedias.
11. Plot the location of certain animals’ ranges.
This can be tied to a report that focuses on the animals’
geographic limitations. This is called biogeography.
Political Maps of the Continents
These are general suggestions for using the political
maps of the various continents. The maps provided
are up–to–date as of press time, but political changes
can be rapid. The study guide provides latitude and
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2. Use these maps for drawing the routes of
explorers and famous travelers. Do not limit this to
European routes. Describe the lands these explorers
traveled through and the obstacles they had to
overcome.
3. Map migration routes of people through
time.
4. Decide on logical boundaries for physical
regions and map them.
5. Create historic maps showing various empires
and civilizations, colonies, and independent nations.
Several time periods to map are suggested below:
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1–5 Consult an atlas or Milliken color transparencies
for answers. 6. east 7. west, Pacific 8. northeast,
Atlantic 9. south 10. north 11. Asia 12. North
America, Pacific 13. Indian 14. Europe 15. northern
16. Antarctica, Australia 17. eastern 18. northern
19. northern, southern 20. Prime, western
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1– 9 Consult an atlas or Milliken color transparencies
for answers. 1a. North America b. Africa 2a. southern
b. Antarctica, Africa, Europe 3a. Pacific Ocean b.
Arctic Ocean 4a. Rocky Mountains b. Ural Mountains,
Caucasus Mountains 5a. Atlantic b. Indian, Africa 6a.
North and South America b. Africa, Europe, Asia 7a.
Atlantic Ocean, Mediterranean Sea b. Pacific Ocean,
Caribbean Sea 8a. Amazon R. b. Nile R. 9a. Sahara
b. Gobi
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Africa:
500 BC—united Egypt, the Kingdom of Kush, Carthage.
1880 —European exploitation of Africa
mid–1920s—height of colonialism
Asia:
3000s–1700s
BC—Cradles
of
Civilization:
Fertile Crescent, Indus Valley, Huang Ho & Yangtze
Valleys
520 BC—height of Persian Empire
1250—height of Mongol Empire
1500—Ming Dynasty
1500s—Ottoman Empire
1800s—Western nations control Asia
South America:
1500—height of Inca Empire
mid–1800s—colonized countries gain independence
North America:
250—height of Mayan civilization
1000—Toltec civilization
1750—colonial North America
1861—American Civil War
Europe:
500–300 BC—height of Greek civilization
27 BC–180—height of Roman Empire
1200—Europe during the Crusades
1812—height of Napoleon’s Empire
1900—pre–World War Europe
1941—Europe during World War II
Oceania:
1500s—European exploration
1900—colonization
1942—height of World War II
1960s—independent island nations
around the world without adjusting for time.
2. Use cities mentioned in a newspaper and ask
students to figure out what time it is there right now.
Ask students how television news usually manages
to have their correspondents around the world give
their reports in the daylight. (They frequently tape the
reports, even those that appear to be live.)
Map of the World’s Time Zones
This map shows the time zones in a fairly generalized
fashion. The study guide offers information on the
establishment and rationale of the time zones and
practice in using and interpreting the map.
Extension Activities:
1. Use globes to explain the international date line.
Start in one spot and have the students count by
15 degree sections to figure out how one cannot go
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Mexico, Hudson, Caribbean, Baffin, Beaufort, Alaska,
Bering. Ontario, Huron, Erie, Superior, Michigan,
Great Salt, Great Bear, Great Slave, Nicaragua,
Winnipeg. Rocky, Madre Oriental, Madre Occidental,
Coast, Appalachian, Brooks, Canadian, Great Plains.
Greenland, Victoria, Baffin, Newfoundland, Cuba,
Hispaniola, Jamaica, Bahamas, Puerto Rico, Panama,
Yucat·n, California, Panama. Mississippi, Ohio,
Missouri, Mackenzie, Yukon, St. Lawrence, Rio
Grande.
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Across:
1. Bogot·
2. Quito
5. Argentina
7. Ecuador
Down:
1. Bolivia
3. Chile
4. West
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Philippine, East China, South China, Yellow, Arabian,
Mediterranean, Persian, Japan, Bengal. Java, Borneo,
New Guinea, Luzon, Sumatra, Honshu (Japan),
Sakhalin. Caspian, Aral, Baikal. Himalayas, Tibet,
Hindu Kush, Tien, Siberian, Ural, Caucasus, Zagros,
Iranian, Anatolia, Deccan. Amur, Lena R., Yenisey R.,
Ob R., Mekong, Huang He R., Yangtze R., Ganges,
Indus, Tigris, Euphrates. Gobi Desert, Kirghiz, Rub al
Khali, Siberian, Taklamakan, Indian.
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Across:
Down:
6. Wellington
1. West
7. Vanuatu
2. Fiji
3. Agana
8. Nauru
4. South
5. Honiara
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Indian, Asia, Timor, Arafura, Carpenteria, Pacific,
Coral, Torres, Great Barrier, Tasmania, Bass, Tasman.
Great Dividing, Central Lowlands, McDonnell, Sandy,
Gibson, Victorian, Nullarbor, Australian, Murray,
Darling. Zealand, North, South, Cook, Southern
Alps, Guinea, Britain, Solomon, Caledonia, Vanuatu,
Hebrides.
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for answers.
1. f
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3. e 4. b 5. a
1. east 2. west 3. south 4. 1000 mi., northwest 5. south
6. north 7. south, north 8. Indian
1–7 Consult an atlas or Milliken color transparencies
for answers.
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1. 360, 360, 24, 360, 24, 15 2. 180, Saturday, later,
Wednesday 3. west, subtract, 4:00, 2:00
4. The following answers apply given it is 1:00 pm in
Washington D.C.:
a. 1:00 pm i. 3:00 am
b. 6:00 pm j. 4:00 am
c. 9:00 pm k. 3:00 pm
d. 1:00 pm l. 12:00 pm
e. 7:00 pm m. 1:00 pm
f. 8:00 pm n. 9:00 pm
g. 11:30 pm o. 7:00 pm
h. 2:00 am
5. 4:00 6. 5:00 7. 5:00 8. eight 9. 3:00 10. 9:00, Sunday
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Atlantic, Pacific, Caribbean, Horn, Magellan, Tierra
del Fuego, Falkland. Andes, Brazilian, Mato Grosso,
Patagonia, Guiana. Magdalena, Amazon, Negro,
São Franciso, Plate, Uruguay, Paraguay, Orinoco,
Maracaibo, Titicaca. Selvas, Atacama Desert, Llanos,
Chaco, Pampas.
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Sahara, Djouf, Libyan, Sahel, Namib, Kalahari.
Malawi, Tanganyika, Victoria, Chad, Red, Indian,
Aden, Mediterranean, Mozambique, Guinea. Ahaggar,
Tibesti, Atlas, Adamaoua, Highlands, Shaba, Mitumba,
Drakensberg. Nile R., Sènègal, Niger, Congo, Zambezi,
Orange.
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Alps, Apennine, Carpathian, Pyrenees, Balkan, Ural,
Caucasus. Black, Caspian, Ionian, Aegean, Tyrrhenian,
Adriatic, Mediterranean, Atlantic, Gibraltar, Biscay,
English, North, Baltic, Bothnia, Finland. Sicily,
Sardinia, Corsica, Crete, Balearic. Seine, RhÙne,
Tagus, Rhine, Thames, Elbe, Oder, Dnieper R., Don R.,
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