World Around Me Themes
Maps and Globes
Maps and Globes Book
Directions: Cut the book on the lines, put the pages in order, and staple to
make your own booklet. Read the text and color the illustrations.
All About
Maps and Globes
Name ________________________________________________
1. A map is a picture or a drawing of a place.
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2. There are many different kinds of maps. Outline maps mark boundaries
of an area. Physical or topographic maps help us to see land and water
forms.
3. A map shows many features of land, such as roads, bodies of water, and
mountains.
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4. A map key explains what the pictures or symbols on a map stand for.
A map scale helps us to figure out the distances on the map.
NORTH
Little
Dipper
Big
Dipper
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Polaris
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PEG
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RIG
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Cap
AU
Poll
Castor
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EAST
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UM SOUTH
WEST
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LEPUS
Canopus
SOUTH
5. There are weather maps that we can see on daily news programs. There
are even moon maps and maps of the sky called star charts.
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6. A special representation, or three-dimensional model, of our Earth is called
a globe. Another type of globe is the celestial globe, which shows the
position of the stars, moon, and planets.
7. Maps and globes are useful tools that help us to find locations. How have
maps and globes helped you?
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