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SYDNEY
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ISBN-13: 978-0-545-11000-6
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Table of Contents
Introduction
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Highways – Arizona .
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Temperature – Florida
Vegetation – World
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Growth of Railroads – Europe
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Land Use – Colorado
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Products – Montana .
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Precipitation – Africa
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City Map – London
Indian Culture Areas – North America
Climate – Europe
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Physical – Antarctica
Scale – Kansas
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Endangered Species – Africa
Religions – World
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Comparing Maps – Baseball Teams, 1952 to 1995
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Subway – Washington, D.C., Metro .
Population – Europe
Historical Maps – North America
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Natural Hazards – Australia and Oceania
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Transportation Routes – Colorado
Rain Forest – South America
Longitude and Latitude – Asia
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Elevation – Western United States
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Population Cartogram – World
Oceans – World
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Introduction
Perhaps no part of the social studies curriculum has so
many applications outside the classroom as using maps.
On a daily basis, we use maps to find our way in the world:
from getting off the right highway exit to understanding
the latest trends in culture, politics, and demography.
The maps in this book represent a wide range of map
skills and cartographic styles. The intent is to expose
students to a variety of maps so that they can develop
skills to apply to the maps they encounter in the real
world or in other content areas. Some map skills, such as
understanding longitude and latitude, are notoriously
difficult for students to grasp, and these might require
additional explanation or practice. Other maps, such as
product maps, are fairly straightforward, and most
students will be able to proceed on their own in working
out the puzzles for these. The maps in this book are
organized roughly in ascending order of difficulty.
Maps are also fun! They offer creative ways to present
all sorts of information in a visual format. They can be
used as a springboard for discussions about geography,
history, economics, and current events. Many of these
puzzles are well suited to serve as extension activities for
other studies. For example, the Products: Montana map
could easily complement the study of U.S. geography or
national economics. We hope that your students will find
the maps fun and engaging and the crossword puzzles
challenging and thought-provoking.
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Name __________________________________________________________________
Highways
Arizona
Highway maps are one of the most popular kinds of maps around.
People use them everyday, when they are driving on vacation, or just
finding their way around a new place. Highway maps don’t just show
where roads lead to. They also show the different types
of roads: big interstate highways as well as small and
winding state highways.
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66
191
Ash
Fork
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180
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Flagstaff
95
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95
River
95
Williams
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Phoenix
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95
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191
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Theodore
Roosevelt Lake
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Yuma
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Rive
Gila
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Colorad
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Bill
Ri
Prescott
ver
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177
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70
287
87
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79
366
85
77
266
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Tucson
HIGHWAYS: Arizona
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Interstate highway
93
Other federal highway
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State highway
86
MEXICO
6
Wilcox
10
186
Benson
286
NEW MEXICO
CALIFORNIA
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180
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ALT
93
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Holbrook
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Kingman
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Riv
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Littl
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98
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Grand
Canyon
93
160
163
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89
ALT
Lake
Mead
UTAH
Lake
Powell
19
191
90
82
80
80
83
Nogales
181
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Name __________________________________________________________________
Highways
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Across
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5
1 Routes 77, 180,
and 40 all come
9
10
together in
which town?
4 Going north on 12
Route 191 will
land you in
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which state?
5 On highways
you can drive
_______ than
on small roads.
6 Routes 40, 66, and
93 all come
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21
together in which
town?
11 The big highways of
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Route 17 and 10 meet
in which city?
12 The smaller roads on this map are _______
highways.
15 If you follow Route 180 north from Flagstaff,
where will you end up?
18 You can get to _______ by traveling southeast
on Route 79 from Phoenix.
20 Any highway that goes east will take you to
this state.
22 Route 89 meets Route 40 in this town.
23 Your last stop in the U.S. on the way to
Mexico on Route 19 is at _______.
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8
11
13
14
16
17
18
19
22
10 A highway that goes from state to state is
called an _______.
11 Route 69 meets Route 89 in _______.
13 Routes 80 and 10 come together in which
town?
14 If you travel from Tucson to Nogales, in which
direction will you be traveling?
16 Route 15 crosses into Arizona from the west
from which state?
17 Interstate highways with even numbers go
from east to _______.
19 Route 17 runs from south to _______.
21 Take Route 93 from Kingman to go for a swim
in Lake _______.
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2 Interstate highways are usually _______ than
state highways.
3 On the border of California along Route 8 is
which town?
5 If you go north from Phoenix on Route 17, you
will meet Route 40 in _______.
7 Route 19 will take you south to which
country?
8 If you drove west on Route 10 from Phoenix
you would cross into which state?
9 This map would be useful if you travel
by _______.
DID YOU KNOW?
Today there are more than 42,000 miles of
interstate highways in the United States.
The Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1944
authorized construction of the interstate
highway system.
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Name __________________________________________________________________
Temperature
Florida
GEORGIA
Tallahassee
Pensacola
N
W
Jacksonville
Gainesville
E
ATLANTIC
OCEAN
Gulf of Mexico
Orlando
Tampa
S
Sarasota
FLORIDA:
Average January
Temperatures
Degrees
Fahrenheit
Naples
Degrees
Celsius
61° to 71°
16° to 22°
51° to 61°
11° to 16°
Below 51°
Below 11°
Miami
Key West
GEORGIA
Tallahassee
Pensacola
Jacksonville
Gainesville
OW?
DID YOU KN
times as
Every year three
t Florida as
many people visi
there year
tourists than live
oduces 8
round. Florida pr
oranges
out of every 10
ted States.
grown in the Uni
N
ATLANTIC
OCEAN
Gulf of Mexico
W
Orlando
E
Tampa
S
FLORIDA:
Average July
Temperatures
Degrees
Fahrenheit
Degrees
Celsius
Above 83°
Above 28°
81° to 83°
27° to 28°
77° to 81°
25° to 27°
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Sarasota
Naples
Miami
Key West
25 Map Crosswords © Spencer Finch, Scholastic Teaching Resources
One of the most important
parts of climate is
temperature. Temperature
is usually measured in
degrees Fahrenheit, but it
can also be measured in
degrees Celsius. In areas
where there are changing
seasons, it is often useful
to have two different
temperature maps: one for
summer and one for winter.
The maps on this page
show the average daily
temperatures throughout
Florida during January
and July.
Name __________________________________________________________________
Temperature
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2
3
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10
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NOTE:
Clues use degrees
Fahrenheit.
Across
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1 These maps show
temperatures of what state?
4 The most western city in Florida below 51º
in January.
8 July is in which season?
11 In July, the temperature in Key West is
_______ 83º.
12 Just north of Florida is which state?
15 Temperature can be measured in degrees
Fahrenheit or _______.
16 Florida’s capital city, _______, is in the
coolest part of the state.
18 The temperature of Tallahassee is _______
51º in January.
20 Winds from the _______ Ocean cool eastern
Florida in summer.
22 In the United States, we usually measure
temperature in degrees _______.
23 In summer, Key West is _______ than
Gainesville.
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6 The bottom map shows temperatures in which
month?
7 If you want to visit the hottest place in Florida,
go to _______.
9 These are the units for measuring
temperature.
10 The temperature of this southern Florida city
is between 81º and 83º in summer and 61° to
71º in winter.
13 As you move north in winter, the temperature
is _______.
14 Florida’s warm temperatures make it a good
place to go on _______.
16 This city is right on the edge of two different
January temperature areas.
17 As you move in which direction does the
temperature become hotter?
18 The temperature in Tampa in July is _______
81º and 83º.
19 January is in which season?
21 The temperature in Florida is just one part of
its _______.
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2 This city is between 51º and 61º in winter,
warm enough for Mickey Mouse to go out
without a coat.
3 The top map shows temperatures in which
month?
5 In the _______ part of Florida, winter
temperatures are cooler.
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10
Tundra
Ice-covered land
Oceans, lakes
Forest
Grassland
Desert
VEGETATION: World
South
Pacific Ocean
ANTARCTICA
South
Atlantic Ocean
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SOUTH
AMERICA
AFRICA
EUROPE
W
S
N
E
Indian Ocean
ASIA
AUSTRALIA
North
Pacific Ocean
World
Equator 0˚
North
Atlantic Ocean
Arctic Ocean
are more than 400,000 types of plants in the
world, they can not all be shown on this map.
For that reason, this map is divided into
major vegetation areas, providing a general
idea of which kinds of plants grow in a place.
Vegetation
North
Pacific Ocean
NORTH
AMERICA
Arctic Ocean
A vegetation map shows which kinds of plants
grow in an area. A vegetation map for a
garden, for example, might show where roses
and tulips grow. The map on this page shows
the vegetation of the entire world. Since there
Name __________________________________________________________________
Name __________________________________________________________________
Vegetation
1
2
3
4
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2 Most of the earth is
covered by _______,
where the vegetation
is under water. 11
12
6 The central
area of the United
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States, the Great
Plains, is which
vegetation area?
9 There is _______
forest in South
America than any
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20
other vegetation.
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11 Most of Canada is
covered by which
vegetation?
14 The central part of
this continent has
much grassland.
17 The _______ part of the
United States is forest land.
18 In the desert, the climate is _______.
21 Forest areas are filled with _______.
23 This small continent is almost all forest land.
24 Much of Greenland is covered by this cold
stuff.
26 A desert fills the center of this southern
continent.
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10
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1 _______ the North Pole, there is lots of
tundra and ice.
3 This continent has almost no vegetation; it is
mostly ice.
4 In the center of this continent is a large area of
tundra.
5 A large desert area is found in the
_______ U.S.
7 The _______ part of Africa is covered by desert.
8 This continent has a long skinny area of
tundra along its western coast.
10 Across the _______ of Africa is a large patch of
grassland.
12 The _______ regions are found in very cold or
high areas of the earth.
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13 This is one of the driest and hottest regions of
the earth.
15 You might find these animals with antlers
in tundra areas.
16 Along the _______ of many continents, there
are forest areas.
19 There is _______ desert area in North America
than in Africa.
20 Grassland is good land for growing _______.
22 If you traveled _______ from the grassland of
North America, you would reach desert.
25 If you walk _______ from the desert area in
Africa, you will reach forest land.
OW?
D I D Y O U K N from a Finnish word that
comes
ra is home
The word tundra
ctually, the tund
A
.”
nd
la
n
re
ar
g
means “b
getation, includin
ve
of
s
pe
ty
t
en
to many differ
and lichen.
mosses, grasses,
Name __________________________________________________________________
Growth of Railroads
Europe
New ways of transportation cause a ripple-effect of changes in other
parts of society. This map is a combination of a transportation map and
a historical map: it shows how railroads grew in Europe in the 1800s. As
the railroads spread, the movement of goods and people changed
Europe in many ways.
Finland
Norway
Sweden
ATLANTIC
OCEAN
Scotland
Newcastle
Latvia
Lithuania
Denmark
Netherlands
Russia
Belgium
Great Britain
Ireland
Belarus
Poland
Germany
London
Czech
Republic
Paris
France
Austria
Switzerland
Ukraine
Slovakia
Hungary
Cas
Se
Romania
Italy
Black Sea
Yugoslavia
Bulgaria
N
Rome
Spain
Portugal
W
Albania
Greece
E
Athens
Mediterranean Sea
S
RAILROADS: Europe
1826
1856
1836
1876
1846
After 1876
DID YOU KNOW?
Although horses had pulled carts along rails
in Europe for many years, the first railway
powered by a steam locomotive was built in Red
England between 1823 and 1825. Since this Sea
engine was built from iron, people began to
call the locomotive the “iron horse.”
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St. Petersburg
Estonia
Name __________________________________________________________________
Growth of Railroads
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2
3
4
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4 Railroads were used to
transport things to buildings where
goods were made, called _______.
5 The _______ part of Great Britain was the last
area to get railroads.
7 This country, Spain’s neighbor, did not get
railroads in the north until 1876.
9 First country in Scandinavia (Sweden, Norway,
Denmark) to have railroads.
10 The first railroads in Britain were built around
this city.
12 _______ 1826 there were no railroads in
Europe.
13 The first railroads were built in England which
is part of _______ _______.
18 Railroads provided a faster way to move goods
and _______.
19 This map shows the growth of railroads in
which continent?
21 Italy’s first railroads were built close to the city
of _______.
22 This map shows changes over how many years?
24 The last railroads on this map were built
_______ 1876.
25 This map shows the growth of _______ in
Europe.
Down
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1 Railroads in the _______ part of Ireland were
built in 1856.
2 In 1836 railroads were built in the northern tip
of this country.
3 This part of the “boot” of Italy was the last to
get railroads.
6 The _______ part was one of the last areas of
Europe to get railroads.
8 Railroads did not provide a way to travel across
_______.
11 This city in Russia had a railroad by 1846.
14 In 1846 there were no railroads south of the
_______ between France and Spain.
15 The eastern part of this island got rails before
the western part did.
16 Most of this country’s railroads were made by
1856.
17 _______ was one of the countries in mainland
Europe to build railroads by 1826.
20 This big country to the east was one of the last
to build railroads.
23 This Mediterranean country was one of the last
in Europe to get railroads.
Name __________________________________________________________________
Land Use
Colorado
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One of the most common kind of maps is a land use map. These maps
show how the land in a particular area is used for economic purposes.
For example, land use maps show whether an area is used for farming
or for manufacturing. This map shows the different ways land is used in
the state of Colorado.
Cowdrey
Sterling
R O C K Y
Greystone
Boulder
Denver
A I N S
M O U N T
Last Chance
Grand
Junction
Colorado Springs
Pueblo
N
Silverton
W
E
S
Campo
LAND USE: Colorado
Farming
Manufacturing
Ranching
Mining
Forestry
None (Little or no
economic activity)
DID YOU KN
OW?
Colorado is the
highest state in
the United
States, with an av
erage elevation
of
6,790 feet (2,070
m) above sea-leve
l.
Can you guess w
hy Denver, the ca
pital,
is nicknamed th
e Mile High City?
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Name __________________________________________________________________
Land Use
1
3
2
4
5
6
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3 Much of the land
in the middle of
Colorado
16
17
is used for _______. 15
6 In manufacturing
areas, many
people work in
what kind of
19
buildings?
21
7 These animals,
often called cows,
are found in
ranching areas.
8 Much of
the land in
23
western
Colorado is
used for _______.
11 Land rich in minerals is used for _______.
17 There is a lot of ranching around this west
Colorado town.
21 Northeast town located in a ranching area.
22 _______ are the important resource for the
forest industry.
23 This is the most southern manufacturing area
in Colorado.
24 This city is the biggest center for
manufacturing.
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9
11
12
13
14
18
20
22
24
9 Areas where there is little economic activity
are listed in the key as _______.
10 This north-central Colorado town has forests
nearby.
11 Colorado Springs is one of three cities in the
state where land is used for _______.
12 Land in Last Chance is used for what?
13 This town is located in a mining area. It’s
name sounds like a precious metal.
14 In mining areas, workers take minerals from
_______ the ground.
15 There are more cattle than people in some
areas near this northwest Colorado town.
16 Manufacturing areas are not in the country,
but in _______.
18 Land is used for farming in this town in the
southeast.
19 The land used for farming is not hilly, but
rather ________.
20 Most of the _______ part of Colorado is used
for farming.
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1 Land use of an area helps determine what kind
of _______ people have there.
2 Important resources in farming areas include
good soil and plenty of _______.
4 Ranching is the largest land use area.
Manufacturing is the _______.
5 The area around the _______ Mountains is
used for forestry.
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Name __________________________________________________________________
Products
Montana
A product map shows the products, or goods, that are made in a place.
This map shows some of the important products in the state of
Montana. It is a useful way to learn about the relationship between the
geography and economy of a place.
CANADA
Glasgow
Kalispell
r
Missouri Rive
Great Falls
Missouri Riv
er
ND
Helena
Billings
IDAHO
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iver
Butte
River
stone River
lo w
Yel
Bi
Po
wd
er
or
gh
SD
WYOMING
PRODUCTS: Montana
Cattle
Corn
Natural gas
Coal
Gold
Petroleum (oil)
Poultry
Vegetables
State capital
Silver
Wheat
DID YOU KN
OW?
The name Monta
na comes from
a Spanish word
meaning
“mountainous re
gion.” The
coldest tempera
ture ever
recorded in the
lower 48 states
was in Rogers P
ass, Montana:
-70 o F (-57 o C) in
1954.
City
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Milk River
Name __________________________________________________________________
Products
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
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10
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Across
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4 Western town
with cattle and
gold nearby.
6 This town in northeast Montana has wheat
fields nearby.
7 City by a river with cattle ranches east of it.
8 Crop that can be eaten right off the cob.
14 Rivers can be used for ________ or for
moving products from place to place.
16 This product is sometimes known as “black
gold.”
18 This city in southern Montana has vegetable
farms nearby.
20 The cow symbol stands for which product?
21 The _______ River runs by the city of Billings.
23 Even a little bit of this product is worth a lot of
money.
24 Gold and silver make Montana’s capital city
_______, a rich town.
25 Most corn is grown in the _______ part of the
state.
Down
1 The _______ River runs across the state into
North Dakota.
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2 Most silver and gold are found in the _______
part of Montana.
3 Natural gas and _______ are often found near
each other.
5 Another word for farming.
9 This Montana product is used to make bread
and cookies.
10 This black rock is burned to make electricity.
11 The products of a place often determine what
kinds of _______ people do there.
12 People who dig gold and silver work in _______.
13 A triangle shows where _______ is an
important product.
15 The flame symbol stands for which product?
17 A black block is the symbol for _______.
18 If you are a golddigger, you might like to live
in _______.
19 Coal is another fossil fuel often found _______
oil and natural gas reserves.
22 Where there is poultry there will always
be _______.
Name __________________________________________________________________
Precipitation
Africa
A precipitation map shows the amount of snow, rain, sleet, and hail that
falls to the earth in a place on average. The greater the precipitation in
a place, the wetter it is. Precipitation is one of the most important parts
of climate, and it can have a great effect on the way people in a place
live. For example, the crops people grow depend a great deal on the
precipitation where they live.
Tunisia
Morocco
Med
iterra
nean Sea
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Algiers
Cairo
Algeria
Libya
Western
Sahara
Egypt
Mauritania
AFRICA
Mali
Niger
N
Senegal
er
Burkina Faso
Lagos
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_______.
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20 Annual precipitation means the amount of rain
that falls in one _______.
21 This river carries water from Central Africa to
the Atlantic.
22 Areas with heavy precipitation are _______.
23 This island off Africa has all three precipitation
areas.
Down
1 This capital city of Kenya is in a moderate
precipitation area.
2 Landform often found in very dry areas.
5 North African country completely in a light
precipitation area.
6 The Nile River flows right by this Egyptian city.
9 This city is in one of the few areas with
moderate rainfall in North Africa.
10 Most of _______ Africa is very dry.
11 Areas that receive between 21
and 60 inches of precipitation are
called _______ in the key.
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areas.
16 This mighty river flows north from Central
Africa to the Mediterranean Sea.
17 The amount of rain that falls can affect the
type of plants that grow, called _______.
18 This country in East Africa has all three types
of precipitation areas.
21 The northern part of the country of ______ is
dry; the southern part has moderate rainfall.
DID YOU KNOW?
The Sahara Desert is the largest desert in the
world. It covers more than 3.5 million square
miles, more than ten times the size of Texas.
Some parts of this dry land receive no
precipitation for years at a time.
Name __________________________________________________________________
City Map
London
Imagine that you have taken a vacation to London, England. London
today is a big, bustling city of 6 million people. To find your way around,
a city map will certainly come in handy. The map below shows a part of
central London and highlights important streets and bridges, as well as
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City Map
1
2
3
4
5
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Across
8
7
9
4 Along the
10
_______ Walk
you might see
birds in St.
12
James’s Park.
9 Off St. James’s
Square you can
check out a
15
book at London
17
18
_______.
10 After visiting
19
the Jubilee
20
Gardens, catch
the subway at
_______.
22
12 To cross the
Thames River,
you could swim
or take the
Westminster
_______.
13 Victoria _______
is located near Buckingham Palace Road.
18 The “i” symbol stands for what?
20 You can go for a boat ride in the pond in St.
James’s _______.
21 The embassy of _______ is north of St. James’s
Park, near Trafalgar Square.
22 On a rainy day, you might want to travel
underground on the _______.
23 This famous big clock is found near the
Houses of Parliament.
24 British laws are made in the Houses of ______.
Down
1 If you lived in ________, your embassy would
be on Northumberland Avenue.
2 This river cuts through the heart of London.
3 At the end of the Mall is a memorial to Queen
_______.
5 A big museum on Trafalgar Square is the
National _______.
6 If you like traveling underground, you can pick
up the subway at Charing ______.
21
11
13
14
16
21
23
24
7 Drive straight up Great George Street to cross
the Thames at _______ Bridge.
8 If you worked in the Houses of Parliament, you
could look south to see the Victoria Tower
_______.
11 This park’s name is also its color.
12 The Queen’s house is called _______ Palace.
14 The embassy of _______ is on Grosvenor Place.
15 If you’re feeling sick along Lambeth Palace
Road, stop in at St. Thomas’ _______.
16 North of Green Park
is a funny sounding
street.
DID YOU
17 The British
KNOW?
Government keeps
When the Romans
money in the
settled in the area
_______ along
Whitehall.
back in AD 43, they
19 The most southern
called their city
bridge on this map is
Londoninium.
the _______ Bridge.
Name __________________________________________________________________
Indian Culture Areas
North America
Before the first Europeans arrived in North America, millions of Native
Americans, or Indians, lived across the continent. They made up more
than 1,000 different cultures, with widely different customs, languages,
and ways of life. This map shows some of the major culture groups
using shaded areas. Specific groups are labeled directly on the map.
ARCTIC OCEAN
Inuit
Ingalik
Han
Aleut
Kaska
Hudson
Bay
Chipewyan
Tlingit
Inuit
Cree
Haida
Naskapi
Kwakiuti
Nootka
Sioux
Flathead
Micmac
Yakima
Hidatsa
Penobscot
Sauk Great Lakes Ottawa
Nez Percé Crow
Huron
Fox
Klamath
Kickapoo
Potwatami Iroquois Narragansett
Cheyenne
Paiute
Winnebagos
Pawnee
Modoc
Wampanoag
Miami
Arapaho
Delaware
Shoshone
Pomo
Kansa
ATLANTIC
Ute
Powhatan
Yokuts
OCEAN
Osage
Kiowa
Palute
Navajo
Shawnee Cherokee
Hopi
Pueblo
Tuscarora
Chickasaw
Zuni
Creek
Pima
Comanche Wichita
N
Apache
Papago
Caddo Chocataw
Chinook
PACIFIC
OCEAN
N
W
Timucua
Concho
E
Yaqui
Coahuiltec
S
W
S
Taino
INDIAN CULTURES: North America
Arctic
Plains
Subarctic
Eastern Woodlands
Northwest Coast
Middle America
California
Caribbean
Basin and Plateau
Northern Mexico
Aztec
Mixtec
Zapotec
Arawak
Maya
Ciboney
Mosquito
Southwest
22
E
Gulf of Mexico
Caribbean Sea
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Inuit
Name __________________________________________________________________
Indian Culture Areas
1
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2
3
4
1 Living near the
5
Shawnee and
Tuscarora in
the Southeast
9
were the
_______.
5 This group lived 11
in present-day
California.
13
12
7 The name of
this group of
Southwest
16
Indians comes
from the Spanish
word for “village.”
18
10 Along the coast
20
north of California
were the _______
Coast cultures.
22
11 The Pomo were
part of which
Indian culture?
24
12 The Paiute, Klamath,
and Shoshone were
all part of this culture.
16 In the flat area at the center of the United
States lived the _______ cultures.
17 These people lived in the very southeastern tip
of the United States.
19 The eastern part of the United States was home
to the Eastern _______ cultures.
21 The Ottawa, Huron, and Sauk lived near which
huge bodies of water?
22 The Indian group that lived in the far north.
23 The Tlingit used the _______ Ocean as a
source of food.
24 This group lived in the present-day state of
Maine.
Down
2 One of the Great Lakes is named after this
group.
3 The Timucua lived in the present-day state
of _______.
4 The environment of the Eastern Woodlands
was mostly _______.
6
7
8
10
14
15
17
19
21
23
6 The Pima and Hopi were part of which
culture?
8 These people lived in western Alaska.
9 A state in the center of the United States takes
its name from the people named _______.
11 This group that lived in the northern plains
has the same name as a bird.
13 The Narragansett Indians fished in this ocean.
14 A state is named after this Eastern Woodland
group.
15 This region of Indian cultures means “below
arctic.”
18 These Indians lived near the border of Mexico.
20 This group lived near the Great Lakes, but now
there is a city in Florida with its name.
DID YOU KNOW?
Among the many crops first grown by
Native Americans were tomatoes,
potatoes, artichokes, and squashes.
23
Name __________________________________________________________________
Climate
Europe
Climate maps show what the weather of a place is like over a period of
time. They show the patterns of weather, such as hot, dry summers or
cold, wet winters. This map shows the many different climate zones of
Europe, which has great variety in spite of the continent’s small size.
ARCTIC OCEAN
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Sweden
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OCEAN
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Netherlands
Latvia
Lithuania
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Belgium
Ireland
Great
Britain
Russia
Belarus
Poland
Germany
Czech
Republic
Ukraine
Slovakia
Moldova
Austria Hungary
France Switzerland
Romania
Croatia
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Slovenia
Portugal
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N
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Finland
Iceland
Mediterranean Sea
CLIMATE: Europe
Very cold winter,
cold summer, dry
Highlands, temperature and
precipitation vary with elevation
Cold winter, hot or
warm summer, wet
Mild or warm winter,
hot summer, wet
Very cold winter,
cool summer, wet
Semi-dry, temperature
varies with latitude
Mild winter, cool
summer, wet
Mild winter, wet,
hot summer, dry
Red
Sea
DID YOU KNOW?
A current of warm water in the Atlantic Ocean called the North Atlantic Drift
Gulf aof Aden
helps to moderate the climate of much of Europe. This warming current,
continuation of the Gulf Stream, explains why the weather in London, England,
is much more mild than that in Calgary, Canada, even though these two cities
are at about the same latitude.
24
Gulf of Oman
Ara
Name __________________________________________________________________
Climate
1
2
3
5
4
6
7
10
8
9
11
12
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14
15
16
17
18
Across
1 As you head in this direction, the climate is
usually warmer.
5 Along this sea, summers are hot and dry.
11 These bodies of water carry rain water to
the sea.
12 Above the line called the Arctic _______,
it is cold all the time.
13 Sometimes this inland northern sea freezes so
that you can skate on it!
14 This country, near the center of Europe, has
mild winters.
16 A big word that means moisture that falls to
earth.
18 “Climate” is the word we use to describe the
_______ of a place over time.
3 The North Atlantic _______ brings warm
water toward Europe.
4 Along the _______ coast of Europe, the
weather is wet and mild most of the year.
6 If you like hot summers, you might get a kick
out of visiting this boot-shaped country.
7 These tall mountains are covered with snow
year round.
8 Even in summer, it is cold in the extreme
_______ of Europe.
9 The climate on this island is so cold, its name
even sounds chilly.
10 In southern Sweden, the season of _______ is
cold.
15 Winters in northern Spain are _______.
17 Air blown from this ocean warms the British
Isles.
Down
1 During this season, the weather in much of
Finland is cool and wet.
2 Summer in the south of Spain is _______.
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Name __________________________________________________________________
Physical
Antarctica
The continent of Antarctica was the last continent to be accurately
mapped. It was difficult because it lies under snow and ice that in some
places is more than a mile thick. Still, this frozen land mass at the
bottom of the earth has many interesting features, from ice shelves to
glaciers. It also has interesting wildlife, such as penguins and seals.
PHYSICAL: Antarctica
0°
3 0
°E
°W
3 0
Penguins
Seals
Whales
Sanae IV
(South Africa)
Novolazarevskaya
(Russia)
Ice Shelves
6 0
°W
Arturo Prat Esperanza
(Chile)
(Argentina)
Argentina
Marambio
Bernardo
(Argentina)
O’Higgins
Palmer (U.S.)
(Chile)
Chile
Vernadsky
(Ukraine)
Rothera
(U.K.)
Maitri
(India)
Neumayer
(Germany)
Syowa
(Japan)
Weddell
Sea
Antarctic
Peninsula
°E
6 0
Molodezhnaya
(Russia)
Halley (U.K.)
ANTARCTICA
Belgrano II
(Argentina)
San
San Martin
Martin
(Argentina)
(Argentina)
Mawson
(Australia)
INDIAN
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Zhong Shan (China)
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Scott
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15
12
Ross
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Antarctica is not only the
coldest continent, it is also the
least populated. In summer, a
few thousand people, mostly
scientists, live there. In winter,
the population drops to only a
few hundred.
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Research Stations
ATLANTIC OCEAN
Name __________________________________________________________________
Physical
1
2
3
Across
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2 The San Martin
Station is operated
6
by this country.
4 The high flat
area of land
called the
Polar_______ 10
11
is near the
middle of the
continent.
13
14
6 Crossing
Antarctica
are the tall
Transantarctic
________.
9 Lines of
19
_______
20
21
all meet at
the South 22
Pole.
11 The line of
latitude at
23
about 66ºS
which marks
the beginning of a very
cold area, is called the Antarctic _______.
13 This country has a station right at the
South Pole.
17 It seems like the season of _______
year-round in Antarctica.
19 Even during the summer, the weather in
Antarctica is _______.
21 These large sheets of ice cover large parts of
Antarctica.
22 The Antarctic Peninsula borders this sea.
23 These huge swimming mammals are found off
the coast in many places.
24 These tuxedo-wearing birds are found near the
Ross Sea.
Down
5
7
8
9
12
15
16
17
24
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7
8
10
11
12
14
15
16
1 This continent is located further south than
any other.
2 The Pacific, Indian, and _______ Oceans
border Antarctica.
3 At the opposite end of the earth from the
18
20
27
18
South Pole is the ________.
This American station is near the Ross Sea.
There is plenty of this material, made of frozen
water, in Antarctica.
This finger-shaped landform is surrounded by
water on three sides.
The southernmost spot on earth is called the
________.
Argentina and ________ share South America’s
tip.
This island country has a station called “Syowa.”
The Ross Ice ________ is a flat area frozen
year-round.
About 20–25 cm of this form of precipitation
falls on the South Pole each year.
The Dumont D’Urville station was set up by
which country?
This large floating chunk of ice can mean
danger for ships sailing to Antarctica.
These big swimming creatures can be seen
along the Weddell Sea.
Name __________________________________________________________________
Scale
Kansas
Scale is the relationship between distances shown on a map and the real
distances on earth. Maps with larger scale, such as Map B, show more
detail than maps with smaller scale, such as Map A. The scale of a map
is shown by a straight line with divisions that tell how many miles or
kilometers equals one inch. Using this scale, you can measure a distance
on a map and then figure out the real distance in miles or kilometers on
earth. You will need a ruler to answer some of the questions in this puzzle.
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Map A
NEBRASKA
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Salina
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r
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Topeka
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Lawrence
Emporia
Ar
Garden City
Kansas City
Pomona
Lake
Great Bend
Syracuse
Atchison
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Hutchinson
John Redmond
Resevoir
Ri
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Cheney
Pratt Resevoir
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96 Kilometers
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Name __________________________________________________________________
Scale
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
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16
17
18
19
20
Across
7 A large-scale map can give more _______ than
a small-scale map.
8 The scales on the maps are shown in both
miles and _______.
10 _______ of these maps show the state of
Kansas.
11 The scales on these maps are listed in both
kilometers and _______.
12 On Map B, how many inches equals 75 miles?
13 A black line on Map B stands for a _______.
14 A map scale is used to measure the _______
from one place to another.
16 Since Map B is bigger, it shows more _______.
5 If you need a quick picture of Kansas without
much detail, which map would you use?
9 On Map B one inch equals _______ miles.
12 On Map A, one inch equals _______ miles.
15 A map is a picture of a real place on _______.
17 The ________ on a map is used to figure the
real distance on earth.
18 Both maps show the state of _______.
19 The distance on Map B from Russell to
Goodland is about _______ inches, which
equals 150 miles.
20 The dots on both maps stand for _______.
Down
1 Map A is _______ than Map B.
2 Map B is _______ than Map A.
3 If you wanted the most information about
Kansas highways, which map would you use?
4 The state of Nebraska is _______ of Kansas.
5 A map with bigger scale is able to show
_______ detail.
6 These two maps have _______ scales.
OW?
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Name __________________________________________________________________
Endangered Species
Africa
Endangered species are animals and plants that are in danger of disappearing
from earth. This map shows where four of the endangered species in Africa live.
Altogether there are more than 900 animals and 400 plants that are listed as
endangered or threatened in the world. By studying these animals and plants and
their environments, scientists can better work to protect them from extinction.
Morocco
Algeria
ean Sea
Libya
Sahara Desert
Egypt
Mauritania
AFRICA
Mali
Niger
N
Senegal
Eritrea
Chad
ig
er
Sudan
Ri
The Gambia
N ile R
iv
er
Western
Sahara
Me d
iterra
n
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Tunisia
Dijibouti
ve
r
GuineaBissau
Sierra
Leone
Burkina Faso
Guinea
Nigeria
Ivory
Coast Ghana
Liberia
Togo
Cameroon
ATLANTIC
OCEAN
Central African
Republic
ongo Rive Uganda
C
Rwanda
Gabon
Burundi
Tanzania
Angola
Mozambique
Zambia
ENDANGERED
SPECIES: Africa
INDIAN
OCEAN
Lake
Victoria
Republic of
the Congo
Democratic
DemocraticRepublic
Repblic
of
of the
the Congo
Congo
Kenya
r
Benin
Equatorial
Guinea
Equator 0°
Somalia
Ethiopia
Namibia
Madagascar
Zimbabwe
Malawi
Botswana
N
Swaziland
Cheetah
W
Rhinoceros
South Africa
Mountain gorilla
West African ostrich
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Lesotho
INDIAN
OCEAN
E
S
Name __________________________________________________________________
Endangered Species
1
3
4
5
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Across
1 None of the four animals
live on this island off the
9
coast of East Africa.
3 The cheetah ranges
through most of this
11
eastern
country.
12
13
5 This
country is 14
the most
northern
16
place
where the
cheetah is
18
found.
9 The most
southern country where the
rhino roams.
11 The cheetah and the rhinoceros are
_______ found in Tanzania.
14 The cheetah has the _______ range of
these animals.
15 The most eastern country where the
cheetah is found is _______.
16 This southwestern country has both
cheetahs and rhinos.
18 The range of the cheetah runs along
the border of which desert?
19 The mountain gorilla has the _______
range of these animals.
20 Both rhinos and cheetahs are found
along the shores of which lake?
21 The _______ is a kind of big cat.
2
6
7
8
10
15
17
19
20
21
8 The mountain _______ has the smallest
range of these four animals.
9 You can tell a cheetah by what pattern on its
fur.
10 This map shows how many different kinds
of endangered species?
12 The range of the cheetah is mostly _______
the equator.
13 Gorillas live in the southern part of this
country.
17 This species of bird is found in northwestern
Africa.
Down
1 The North African ostrich goes no further
east than this country.
2 This large animal is found throughout
south and east Africa.
4 None of these four animals are found in
this country of North Africa.
6 An ostrich is what kind of animal?
7 The ostrich is found throughout this
entire country.
OW?
D I D Y O U K N t animal on
e fastes
The cheetah is th
of 70
reaching speeds
earth, capable of
d
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faster than the sp
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Other
Judaism
Hinduism
Buddhism
32
Christianity is the most popular
religion in the world today, with
nearly 2 billion believers. Islam
is the second most popular, with
about 1 billion believers.
DID YOU KNOW?
South
Pacific Ocean
Chile
Sudan
South Africa
Democratic
Republic of
the Congo
ANTARCTICA
South
Atlantic Ocean
Libya
AFRICA
Algeria
EUROPE
Somalia
Saudi
Arabia
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Argentina
Brazil
SOUTH
AMERICA
North
Atlantic Ocean
ASIA
W
S
N
E
Indian Ocean
Russia
China
AUSTRALIA
North
Pacific Ocean
Japan
Religions
Equator 0˚
Mexico
U.S.A.
NORTH
AMERICA
Canada
Arctic Ocean
Some maps give information not just about a place but
also about the people who live there. This map shows the
major religions of the world. It gives a picture of where
the people who follow these different religions live. A map
like this is useful for learning about the culture of a place.
World
North
Pacific Ocean
Shinto and Buddhism
Islam
Arctic Ocean
Confucianism, Daoism,
and Buddhism
Christianity
RELIGIONS: World
Name __________________________________________________________________
Name __________________________________________________________________
Religions
1
2
3
Across
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1 In this part of Asia,
Confucianism is
popular.
5
4 As you move further
_______ in Asia, there
are more people who
8
9
follow Christianity.
5 This small continent
12
has many Christians,
but also followers of
13
Islam and Judaism.
15
8 Japan is the
only country
where the _______
16
religion is practiced.
10 Shinto and Buddhism
are the main religions
on this island nation.
12 This is the world’s
most popular religion,
22
found on every
continent.
24
14 This continent has more
different religions than
any other.
15 In Asia there are many followers of _______
north of a large Hindu area.
16 Along this northern ocean, many people have
their own indigenous beliefs, marked “other.”
17 Many Jews and Christians sailed across the
_______ Ocean from Europe to settle in
America.
19 This religion is popular in east Asia, especially
China.
22 Many followers of Judaism live near _______,
rather than in the countryside.
23 This is one country that has many people that
follow the same religion.
24 This line of latitude runs across Christian areas
of South America and Africa.
Down
2 Like its neighbor to the south, this continent
has followers of Christianity, Judaism, and “other.”
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6
7
10
11
14
17
18
19
20
21
23
3 The country of India is made up mostly of
people who follow ______.
6 In the _______ part of Asia, there are many
followers of Buddhism and Islam.
7 The followers of _______ are found
throughout many continents of the world.
9 The _______ part of Africa has many followers
of Islam.
11 There are so few people here that there is no
major religion noted.
13 This island continent has many Christians and
“others.”
18 A large area of this continent has followers of
Islam.
20 Populations with unspecified or indigenous
beliefs are labeled as _______.
21 This religion is popular in northern Africa and
southern Asia.
Name __________________________________________________________________
Comparing Maps
Baseball Teams, 1952 to 1995
Maps can even give interesting information about our national pastime,
baseball. The maps on this page show the changes of the teams in the
major leagues from 1952 to 1995. The changes detailed on these maps
reflect many other changes in America, such as the movement of people
from the eastern United States to the western part of the country.
COMPARING
MAPS:
Baseball Teams
Great Lakes
ND
MT
MN
OR
Baseball team
MI
WI
SD
ID
NY
Detroit
WY
OK
NM
St. Louis
River
AZ
MO
KS
AR
TX
IN
Cincinnati
KY
VA
WV
NC
TN
N
SC
MS
AL
W
E
GA
S
LA
FL
Mexico
1952
Cuba
Canada
Seattle
Montreal
ME
VT
Toronto
NH Boston
Minneapolis
WI
St. Paul
MI
NY
MA
SD
Milwawkee Detroit
RI
CT
Pittsburgh
New York
IA
Cleveland
PA
NE
Chicago
OH
Philadelphia
Cincinnati
IL
IN
Washington D.C.
WV VA
St. Louis
KY
KS Kansas City
MO
NC
N
TN
OK
SC
AR
WA
ND
MT
OR
ID
WY
NV
San Francisco
Oakland
UT
Denver
CO
CA
Los Angeles
Anaheim AZ
San Diego
MN
NM
Dallas
TX
Mexico
MS
AL
Atlanta
W
S
FL
Miami
Cuba
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E
GA
LA
Houston
1995
Great Lakes
River
1996—The first Major
League game played
outside of Canada
and the U.S. was
played in Monterrey,
Mexico.
1998—The Major
League Baseball
leagues expanded
by two teams—
the Arizona
Diamondbacks
(Phoenix, AZ), and
the Tampa Bay Rays
(St. Petersburg, FL).
1999—The Baltimore
Orioles played the
first professional
game in Cuba since
1959.
2004—The Montreal
Expos became the
Washington Nationals
after their relocation
to Washington, D.C.
CO
CA
After 1995 fans of
baseball witnessed
big events, such as:
IL
Mississippi
UT
OH
Chicago
MA
RI
New York
Philadelphia
Washington D.C.
PA
Cleveland
Mississippi
DID YOU
KNOW?
CT
Pittsburgh
IA
NE
NV
ME
VT
NH Boston
25 Map Crosswords © Spencer Finch, Scholastic Teaching Resources
Canada
WA
Name __________________________________________________________________
Comparing Maps
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
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14
16
15
17
18
19
Across
2 This western
state has a team
named after the
21
nearby Rocky
Mountains.
3 The team in this
city is the closest
to Mexico.
4 This state had no teams in 1952, but five in
1995.
5 This city in Michigan had a team in 1995 and
1952.
7 In 1995 this city was home to Canada’s
Blue Jays.
9 How many teams were in California in 1995?
11 There were _______ teams in 1995 than in
1952.
13 This eastern state had three teams in 1952 and
two teams in 1995.
14 In 1995 this city in the Mid-West was home to
two teams.
16 In 1995 Florida had a team in which city?
18 The 1995 map shows an increase in the number
of teams located in the south and ________.
19 The team in this Missouri city is only a toss
away from the Mississippi River.
20 This big state had two teams in 1995.
21 Most baseball teams are not located in small
towns, but in big ________.
20
Down
1 This northeast city had two teams in 1952 but
only one in 1995.
2 In 1995 there were two teams in which other
country?
3 The team in the northwestern United States is
in which city?
6 In 1995 there were how many teams west of
the Mississippi River?
8 How many teams were in northern California
in 1995?
10 In 1952 most baseball teams were in which
region of the United States?
11 In 1952 there were only two teams west of this
big river.
12 This state has a team named after the twin
cities, Minneapolis and St. Paul.
13 In 1952 there were no teams along the coast of
which ocean?
15 Many teams are located around the ________
Lakes.
17 On the 1995 map, there is a team in this
Georgia city.
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Name __________________________________________________________________
Subway
Washington, D.C., Metro
In many cities, subways are the fastest way to get around. Since they
travel underground, subways don’t get caught in traffic. This map shows
the five routes of the Washington, D.C., subway, which is called the
“Metro.”
Silver Spring
Bethesda
College Park–
U of MD
Takoma
Friendship
Heights
tomac
Po
Georgia Ave–
Petworth
Van Ness–UDC
Cleveland Park
ve
Ri
VIRGINIA
Fort Totten
New Carrollton
Brookland–CUA
r
Woodley Park-Zoo
Rhode Island
Ave–Brentwood
Dupont
Cheverly
Farragut West Circle
Gallery
Foggy Bottom–GWU
Place
Union Station
Rosslyn
Morgan Blvd
Metro
Benning Rd
Center
Clarendon
Capital South
Smithsonian
Stadium–Armory
Arlington
Addison Rd–
L’Enfant
Cemetery
Ballston–MU
Seat Pleasant
Plaza
Potomac Ave
West Falls Church–VT/UVA
Dunn Loring
Pentagon
Anacostia
MARYLAND
Ronald Reagan Washington
National Airport
SUBWAY:
Washington, D.C., Metro
Southern Ave
N
W
E
Branch Ave
Braddock Rd
S
King St
Washington, D.C.
DID YOU KN
OW?
The world’s first
subway, built in
London
in 1863, used st
eam trains, which
caused
terrible problem
s with smoke in
th
e
tunnels. Later su
bway
power, which didn s used electric
’t produce any sm
oke.
The first subway
in the United Stat
es was
built in Boston in
1897.
Routes
Metro station
Transfer station
36
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MARYLAND
Name __________________________________________________________________
Subway
1
2
3
4
5
6
8
7
9
10
11
12
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13
Across
14
15
2 The line that
runs roughly
east to west.
3 This map
shows the
17
subway system
in which city?
7 The white line
18
has a stop at
______.
8 The line shown
with _______
has a station at
Arlington Cemetery.
13 Both the white and dashed line can take you to
your flight at Ronald Reagan Washington
_______.
14 At this station, you can change to the dotted,
dashed, or the black line.
16 The line shown by _______ comes from the
north and loops up again.
17 Three subway lines cross the _______ River.
18 People who take the subway west and south of
the city go to the state of _______.
Down
1 New Carrollton station is the furthest in which
direction?
4 The white line heads in which direction from
the city?
37
16
5 A _______ stands for a transfer station where
you can change subway lines.
6 Dunn Loring is the station that is furthest
_______ on the map.
9 A _______ is the symbol for an ordinary
subway station.
10 Hop off at this station to visit the famous
museum complex.
11 The north end of the dotted line is at _______.
12 You would get off at Woodley Park if you want
to visit the animals at the _______.
14 This state is north and east of Washington, D.C.
15 All the subway lines come together at the
_______ of Washington, D.C.
Name __________________________________________________________________
Population
Europe
One kind of map that shows interesting information about people is a
population map. Population maps show the number of people who live
in a given area, usually a square mile or square kilometer. A city, for
example, has greater population than a rural area. One glance at a
population map will show you that cities are much more crowded than
the countryside. The map below shows where the 700 million people of
Europe call home.
Norwegian Sea
Murmansk
Nor
Arctic Circle
NORWAY
ICELAND
ICELAND
Vorkuta
SWEDEN
Torshavn
ATLANTIC
OCEAN
SCOTLAND
NETH.
Arkhangelsk
FINLAND
SWEDEN
Stockholm
North
DENMARK
Sea
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GREENLAND
Syktyvkar
Vologda
St. Petersburg
ESTONIA
Yaroslavl
Kirov
LATVIA
Moscow
LITHUANIA
Gorkiy
BYELARUS
Tol Yatti
POLAND
Orel
Perm
Ig
Sverdlovsk
Kazan
Ufa
Rudnyy
U. K.
London
Voronezh
GERMANY
N
BELGIUM GERMANY
Aktyubinsk
CZECH
LUX.
Frankfurt
SLOVAKIA
UKRAINE
Paris
KAZAKH
W
E
AUSTRIA
Nantes SWITZ. A L P S
HUNGARY MOLDOVA Frunze
Aralsk
FRANCE
SLOVENIA
CROATIA
Milan
Bucharest
Krasnodar
FRANCE
S
ROMANIA
ITALY BOSNIA
Toulouse
SERBIA
Black Sea
MONTENEGRO
UZBEK
BULGARIA
GEORGIA
SPAIN
MACEDONIA
Porto
Rome
ARMENIA AZERBAIJAN
Barcelona
TUGAL
Madrid
GREECE
TURKMENISTA
GREECE
SPAIN
Izmir
Sevilla
TURKEY
Athens
POPULATION: Europe
ALBANIA
SICILY
TUNISIA
SYRIA
IRAQ Per square mile
kilometer
CYPRUS Per square
Bakhtaran
Mediterranean Sea
LEBANON
0 to 5
0 to 2
Esfahan
A
MOROCCO
Ouargla
ISRAEL
5 to Al
50 Basrah
2 to 20
JORDAN
IRAN
LIBYA
50 to 100
20 to 40
Shiraz
ALGERIA
KUWAIT
Sabhah
100 to 250
40 to 100
Reggane
IA
IRELAND
IRELAND
Berlin
Kuybyshev
EGYPT
Djanet
Al Jawf
Aswan
Over 100
Over 250
QATAR
U. A. E.
38
Mecca
SAUDI ARABIA
Name __________________________________________________________________
Population
1
2
3
4
5
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Across
6
7
3 Very few people live above the _______
circle.
4 This is the most eastern city with
population over 250 people per square
mile.
6 Most of the people in Iceland live
on the island’s _______ coast.
15
7 A large area of high
population runs
17
across the _______
part of Europe.
10 The population
19
around St.
Petersburg
is _______ than that
around Berlin.
22
13 Population is the
number of _______
that live in a place.
15 This German city is in the
24
center of the high
population area.
18 The northen part of this island has more
people than the southern part.
19 This map shows which continent?
20 Part of this island off Italy has more than 100
people per square mile.
22 In the center of Spain is this heavily populated
city.
23 This country has the densest population in
Europe.
24 The population of western Ireland is _______
50 and 100 people per square mile.
25 The northern area of this part of Britain has 0
to 2 people per square kilometer.
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
16
18
20
21
23
25
than the northern part.
11 This Swedish city has between 100 and 250
people per square mile.
12 A thin band of low population north of Italy
marks the location of what landforms?
14 The population of Rome is over one _______
people per square kilometer.
15 Much of Iceland has a population between zero
and _______ people per square mile.
16 Along the coast of France by the _______
Ocean the population is high.
17 This island in the northern Atlantic has a small
population.
21 This English city has many people living in it,
more than 250 per square mile.
22 Is the area around Bucharest more or less
crowded than the area around Athens?
Down
1 This map shows the number of people per
square kilometer or per square _______.
2 Fewer people live in the _______ of Europe
than in the south.
5 This boot-shaped country has more than 100
people per square mile.
8 Around this city in Greece, the population is
50 to 100 people per square mile.
9 The _______ part of Sweden has more people
DID YOU KNOW?
Most Europeans live in cities. In fact, in
some countries, such as Belgium, more than
nine out of ten people live in urban areas.
39
Name __________________________________________________________________
Historical Maps
North America
ARCTIC
OCEAN
Historical maps show how a place has
changed over time. You can use these
maps to compare the way a place is now
with the way it was years ago. The maps
on this page show that the countries
that controlled North America changed
from 1713 to 1783. That was a long
time ago, but these events still affect
North America today. For example,
people in Mexico speak Spanish, people
in the United States speak English, and
many people in Canada speak French.
These languages came from the
European settlers who claimed the land
more than 300 years ago.
Hudson
Bay
Great
Lakes
Rive
r
s ippi
Missi s
ATLANTIC
OCEAN
Gulf of
Mexico
W
S
PACIFIC
OCEAN
1713
ARCTIC
OCEAN
ARCTIC
OCEAN
Hudson
Bay
Hudson
Bay
Great
Lakes
Great
Lakes
Rive
r
ssippi
Rive
r
s ippi
Missi s
Missi
ATLANTIC
OCEAN
ATLANTIC
OCEAN
N
Gulf of
Mexico
W
N
Gulf of
Mexico
E
S
PACIFIC
OCEAN
1783
CHANGING OWNERSHIP: North America
French
Spanish
W
E
S
PACIFIC
OCEAN
1763
British
E
Independent
40
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N
Name __________________________________________________________________
Historical Maps
1
2
3
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Across
4
3 In 1763 the British owned
land mostly in the
north and _______. 6
7
4 Between 1713
10
and 1763 which 9
country lost
most of its land?
12
8 The war that made
an independent
country in North
America after
16
1783 was the
American _____.
9 In 1783 did
19
Spain control
more or less of
North America 21
22
than in 1713?
12 Between 1763
and 1783 _______
lost much of its
land in the east.
15 After 1783, Great Britain still controlled land
in the _______.
16 In 1713 France owned most of the _______
part of North America.
19 These maps show the countries that controlled
land in North _______.
20 These maps show changes of land ownership
over _______.
21 In 1713 France owned land around the
_______ Lakes.
23 In 1783 Spain controlled the land along the
Pacific that is now the state of _______.
Down
1 In 1783 the eastern part of North America
became _______.
2 In 1713 how much of North America was an
independent country?
3 These countries that controlled land are on
which continent?
4 Did France own more land in the first or last
map?
5 The country listed as “independent” on the
1783 map is what country?
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5
8
11
13
14
15
17
18
20
23
6 None of these countries claimed land in the far
________ part of the continent.
7 In 1783 Spain owned what is now the state of
_______.
10 This country controlled the southern and
western parts of North America in 1783.
11 In 1763 the border between Spanish and
British land was the _______ River.
13 The British took land first along the coast of
the ______ Ocean.
14 After 1763 how much land did France control
in mainland North America?
17 Land along the _______ Ocean was claimed
after that along
the Atlantic.
DID YOU
18 In 1763 Spain
KNOW?
owned land
_______ of the
Other countries
also
Mississippi River.
claimed land in
North
22 Spain controlled
America, includin
g
the land of
Sweden, the Net
herlands,
Mexico in
and Russia.
_______ of
these maps.
Name __________________________________________________________________
Natural Hazards
Australia and Oceania
One of the most exciting and frightening parts of geography is the
natural hazard that appears suddenly, often causing tremendous
damage. Volcanoes, earthquakes, tsunamis (tidal waves), and icebergs
are examples, but even deserts can greatly change the landscape and the
lives of people who live in a place. This map shows some of the natural
hazards found in Australia and the islands that make up Oceania.
Arafura Sea
SOLOMON
PAPAU
NEW GUINEA
ISLANDS
Timor Sea
INDIAN
OCEAN
Gulf of
Carpentaria
Derby
WESTERN
AUSTRALIA
CORAL SEA
NORTHERN
TERRITORY
NEW
CALEDONIA
QUEENSLAND
AUSTRALIA
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Great
Australian Bight
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NEW SOUTH
WALES
Adelaide
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Name __________________________________________________________________
Natural Hazards
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
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17
16
19
20
21
Across
22
2 This is a kind
of mountain
that erupts.
23
4 An earthquake
hit near this
city on the
24
North Island of
New Zealand.
5 The city of Perth has this dry hazard nearby.
9 Northeast of Australia are the _______ Islands,
which have earthquakes, volcanoes, and
tsunamis.
12 This city in South Australia is near an area of
desert.
13 There is much desert in _______ Australia.
14 An earthquake hit this city in South Island of
New Zealand.
18 One tropical storm path heads right towards
this Australia town.
22 In this northeastern state of Australia, there
have been no volcanoes or earthquakes.
23 The only country with desert hazards on this
map.
24 This island south of Australia is quite close to
the iceberg line.
Down
1 The most northern desert area is near which
city in Northern Australia?
3 Which island of New Zealand has more
volcanoes?
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4 Most tropical storms come from which
direction?
6 This city in New South Wales had an
earthquake nearby.
7 An earthquake occured off the southern tip of
this island, New _______.
8 Both the North Island and the _______ Island
of New Zealand have had earthquakes.
10 These islands near New Caledonia have had
many volcanoes erupt nearby.
11 The sudden movement of the earth’s crust is
called an _______.
15 Powerful storms that come from the northeast
are called _______ storms.
16 If you sailed south from Australia you might
hit what floating hazard?
17 Western Australia borders which ocean?
19 This map shows natural _______.
20 Many tropical storms blow onto Australia from
the _______ Sea.
21 This is another name for a tidal wave.
Name __________________________________________________________________
Transportation Routes
Colorado
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Transportation maps show the routes that go from one place to another.
These maps can show roads, railroads, steamship routes, airline routes,
and even hiking trails. The transportation map on this page shows
routes for three different forms of transportation in a section of the
state of Colorado.
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Name __________________________________________________________________
Transportation Routes
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
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14
15
16
17
18
20
19
21
22
Across
23
24
3 The solid lines on the map show routes you
can travel by _______.
4 You will pass through the town of _______ if
you drive to Eagle from Denver.
6 Interstate 70 follows the path of part of the
_______ River.
8 The air routes on this map are not curved, but
_______.
9 Automobiles are _______ than airplanes.
10 To go from Denver to Glenwood Springs, you
can travel on a highway or _______.
12 The most western city on this map served by
airplanes is _______.
14 Route 82 passes through a high point in the
Rocky Mountains at _______ Pass.
20 Interstate 70 runs from east to _______.
21 How many different kinds of transportation
routes start in Denver?
22 Airplanes fly right _______ the high
mountains.
23 Route 70 is an _______ highway, which means
it goes across different states.
24 From this city, you can travel by rail, air,
or car.
Down
1 Driving from Aspen to Glenwood Springs, you
pass through this town.
2 The most western stop of the railroad is
_______ Springs.
5 If you drive northwest from Denver, you will
soon reach _______.
7 The fastest way to travel is by _______.
9 Colorado Springs is in which direction from
Denver.
11 The only way you can get to _______ is by
driving on Route 24.
13 U.S. 24 is the name of a _______.
15 Airplanes offer the most _______ route from
Denver to Aspen.
16 The rail route to Glenwood Springs is farther
in which direction than the highway route.
17 The routes of roads and railroads on this map
are more _______ than the air routes.
18 You can get to this town either by car or by
airplane.
19 Air routes on this map are shown by a _______
line.
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Name __________________________________________________________________
Rain Forest
South America
Maps can be used to show how the environment changes over time.
This map shows the decreasing size of the tropical rain forest in South
America, which is shrinking because trees are cut for lumber and to make
way for farms and roads. Scientists can use these maps to predict how
changes in the rain forest will impact other parts of the environment,
from the flow of the Amazon River to the climate of the entire world.
Guyana
Suriname French Guiana
Venezuela
ATLANTIC
OCEAN
Colombia
Equator 0°
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A m azo n
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Peru
Brazil
Bolivia
PACIFIC
OCEAN
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Chile
RAIN FOREST:
ATLANTIC
OCEAN
Argentina
South America
Uruguay
Extent of
rain forests in 1990
N
Extent of
rain forests in 1950
W
E
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Falkland Islands
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Caribbean Sea
Name __________________________________________________________________
Rain Forest
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
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12
13
1 Most of the
rain forest is in
which country?
4 This map
16
17
shows the
_______ of rain
forest in South
America.
5 Most of this country, whose
20
neighbor is Venezuela, is
rain forest.
6 This northern country has
much less rainforest than in 1950.
7 This small country along the
Atlantic coast still has
much rain forest.
10 This skinny country never
had any rain forest.
13 Along this country’s border with Brazil is a
band of rain forest.
14 This map shows how the area of rain forest
changes over _______.
16 This line of 0º latitude runs through the rain
forest.
18 A forest is not a forest without _______.
20 This small country has lost most of its rain
forest.
14
11
12
15
17
19
8 An area with
many trees.
15
9 The eastern
edge of this
country is
18
19
mostly covered
with rain forest.
10 Small areas of
forest along the
eastern
_______ of
Brazil existed in
1950.
_______ 1950 there was more rain forest in
South America.
There was _______ rain forest in 1990 than
there was in 1950.
There is _______ rain forest in Brazil than in
any other country.
There was less rain forest _______ 1990 than
there was before 1950.
Most of the South American rain forest is
_______ of the equator.
DID YOU KNOW?
Down
2 Much of the rain forest is found along the
_______ River.
3 This map shows the change of South American
rain forest over 40 _______.
4 French Guiana has rain forest along this ocean.
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The term rain forest is used to describe a forest
that receives more than 70 inches (1.8 m) of
rain in a year. (Chicago, by comparison,
receives only 35 inches per year.) Although rain
forests cover about 6% of the earth’s land, they
are home to about three-quarters of all kinds of
plants and animals.
Name __________________________________________________________________
Longitude and Latitude
Asia
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Uzbekistan
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No matter where you are on earth, you can find out your location by
using a special system called the global grid. This grid is made up of
130
120
110
100
90
80
70
60
imaginary lines called latitude and longitude. If you imagine that the
earth is an apple, lines of latitude, also called parallels, would slice the
apple across into disks. The line around the middle is called the equator,
and everything above that line is north; everything below it is south.
Lines of longitude, also called meridians, would slice the apple from top
to bottom into wedges. These lines meet at the top of the earth at the
North Pole and at the bottom at the South Pole. A line that runs from
north to south through England is called the Prime Meridian. All lines
to the right of this are east; all lines to the left are west.
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Longitude and Latitude
2
1
4
3
5
6
7
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4 The line 10ºN
crosses over the
10
following countries:
Phillipines,
Vietnam, Thailand,
14
13
and _______.
6 The _______ Sea
is located where
20
the lines 20ºN
and 70ºE cross.
7 When listing the
22
location of a
place, the degree
of latitude is 23
24
always listed
_______.
9 The line that is 0º latitude is also called
the _______.
10 As you move north or south from the equator,
lines of longitude become _______ to one
another.
11 This tiny country, located on the 90º E
meridian, is squeezed between China and
India.
13 This capital of Mongolia is located at 48ºN,
108ºE.
18 The countries shown on this map make up the
continent of _______.
20 The capital of Georgia, located at about 42ºN is
called _______.
21 Longitude and latitude are measured in
_______.
22 This large country spreads across Asia from
80ºE to 130ºE.
23 Lines of longitude, or meridians, run from
north to _______.
24 The lines 50ºN and 100ºE cross in this country.
Down
1 Another word for lines of latitude is _______.
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12
15
16
17
18
19
21
2 Between Japan and Korea, at 40ºN is the Sea of
_______.
3 Lines that run across the globe east to west are
called lines of _______.
5 Above the equator, the higher the number of
latitude, the farther _______ you are.
8 Lines of latitude run from east to _______.
10 This large sea is actually a lake, and is located
at 40ºN, 50ºE.
12 As you move closer to the equator, the
temperature is usually _______.
14 When listing the location of a place, the degree
of longitude is always listed _______.
15 The capital of China, which is located on the
40th parallel, is _______.
16 China is located in which direction from the
Prime Meridian?
17 There are _______ degrees between the lines
of latitude shown on this map.
19 Spell backwards this large country, which is
located mostly above 50º N.
20 This capital city is located very close to the
meridian 140ºE.
Fort McMurray
Name __________________________________________________________________
Bear Lake
Elevation
Grande Prairie
Thompson
Flin Flon
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Prince George Prince Albert
Western United States
Elevation maps show how high above sea level a place is. For example,
a mountain
would
have a higher elevation than a valley. Elevation is
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Seattle
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Memphis
Los Angeles
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Elevation
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
Across
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3 The elevation of California’s
Central Valley is _______
than most of the state.
5 An imaginary line called the
Continental _______ runs
along the Rocky Mountains.
9 The highest elevations are
13
found among which
14
landforms?
10 The Sierra Nevada
Mountains are _______ than
the Coast Ranges.
12 Elevation can be measured 20
in feet or in _______.
14 The Sierra Nevada
Mountains are the
highest mountains in which
state?
25
18 More than half of this state is covered
with land above 7,000 feet.
20 Another word for a mountain.
21 Most of the Rocky Mountains are _______
7,000 feet.
22 The western part of this state is mostly above
7,000 feet.
25 This state is home to the explosive Mt. St.
Helens.
10
11
12
15
16
17
18
19
21
22
23
24
15 The _______ Mountains are the biggest
mountain range in the West.
16 Along the Pacific _______, the elevation is very
low.
17 Rivers carry rainwater _______ the mountains
to the Pacific Ocean.
19 Death Valley in California is _______ sea level.
23 The Rocky Mountains range from south to
_______.
24 The Wasatch Range is in this state.
Down
1 The highest mountains on this map are above
14,000 _______.
2 On this state’s border with California is the
mountain lake called Lake Tahoe.
4 Most of this state is above 1,500 feet.
6 A group of mountains.
7 The climate is _______ at higher elevations.
8 These bodies of water flow from higher
elevations to lower elevations.
11 The Snake River runs through this state on its
way to Oregon.
12 This state’s name makes it sound like it has a
lot of mountains.
13 The Imperial _______ in California has very
low elevation.
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Colombia
Brazil
ATLANTIC
OCEAN
NORTH
AMERICA
SOUTH
AMERICA
PACIFIC
OCEAN
Mexico
United States
Argentina
More than
1 billion
South Africa
Kenya
India
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More than 100
20–100
10–20
Less than 10
In millions
AFRICA
Nigeria
Egypt
Iran
Russia
Pakistan
Ukraine
Romania
Germany Poland
Italy
France
Spain
EUROPE
United
Kingdom
China
South
Korea
AUSTRALIA
Indonesia
ASIA
Vietnam
world’s geography. Instead it is a way to present
information about the world. This cartogram
shows the number of people, or population, of the
world. The bigger a country appears on this map,
the bigger is its population.
Bangladesh
New
Zealand
PACIFIC
OCEAN
World
Japan
The special kind of map on this page is called a
cartogram. It is a map of the world, but
something looks very different about it!
Countries are the wrong size and shape. That’s
because a cartogram is not a picture of the
Name __________________________________________________________________
Population Cartogram
Name __________________________________________________________________
Population Cartogram
2
1
3
4
5
6
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7
8
4 This continent has
9
one country with
more than 100
11
million people.
6 This country, which
is a group of islands
13
near Australia, has
more than 100
million people.
8 Where there are
more people, there is
a need for more
_______.
10 In North America,
this country and
Mexico each have
more than 100
million people.
21
11 Part of Russia is located on the
continent of _______.
13 Brazil has the most people in this continent.
18 This country has the biggest population in
Africa.
19 The smallest countries on this map have
_______ than 10 million people.
20 The larger a country appears on this map, the
_______ people it has.
21 This country of islands along the Pacific coast
of Asia has more people than New Zealand.
10
12
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
Down
1 This country has the biggest population of
South America.
2 This neighbor to the north of the United States
has 20–100 million people.
3 Each year the population of the world ______.
5 Population is the measure of _______ who live
in a place.
7 This continent has the most people.
9 A word for the number of people who live
somewhere.
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12 South of the United States is this country with
more than 100 million people.
13 The population of Vietnam is _______ than
China.
14 This island continent has between 10 and 20
million people.
15 This country has the largest population in the
world.
16 _______ of the countries in South America has
more than 100 million people.
17 On this map, a country with more people
appears _______.
DID YOU KNOW?
The world population now is more than 6
billion people. The United States has the third
largest population, after China and India. Many
experts expect that the world population will
stabilize by the end of the next century.
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150°
120°
120°
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60°
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30°
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ATLANTIC
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60°
60°
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Africa
Europe
30°
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90°
150°
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OCEAN
INDIAN
Asia
ARCTIC OCEAN
120°
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90°
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60°
ATLANTIC
OCEAN
90°
90°
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120°
120°
60°
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Australia
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600 to 18,000
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Meters
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OCEANS: World
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Equator 0°
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30°
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60∞
∞
ARCTIC
OCEAN
Although oceans cover nearly three-quarters of the earth’s
surface, most maps focus on land areas. Maps of oceans,
however, can show many different things: from where
certain fish live to where the water is warmest. The map
below shows ocean depths and major currents.
Name __________________________________________________________________
Name __________________________________________________________________
Oceans
1
2
3
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Across
4
1 This continent is bordered
5
by every ocean except the
7
Atlantic.
4 One current flows 8
up from
9
Antarctica to this
island continent.
7 Ocean depth is
13
14
15
measured in meters
or _______.
9 The ocean is more
shallow _______
to land.
12 This imaginary line
19
20
divides the globe into
north and south.
13 A current runs west to east
along this icy continent.
18 Is it true or false that a
current in the South
23
Atlantic flows
counterclockwise?
19 This map might help you
figure out where certain types of _______ live.
21 Are there deeper areas of ocean in the east side
or west side of the Pacific?
22 A current along the California coast flows in
which direction?
23 Off the east coast of Japan is an area where the
ocean is _______ than 18,000 feet deep.
Down
1 This ocean lies between the Americas and
Africa.
2 This is the biggest ocean.
3 One current flows across the Atlantic from
North America to _______.
5 A current flows west along the southern
coast of _______, the biggest state of the
United States.
6 The oceans are usually _______ away from the
land.
8 This map shows the depth of all of
the _______.
10 This map would be useful if you were
traveling by _______.
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11 If you were traveling by sailboat, what other
information might be helpful?
12 A current across the North Atlantic flows from
west to _______.
14 A current right off the east Asian coast flows in
which direction?
15 A current flows south between the island of
Madagascar and this continent.
16 Do the currents around Hawaii flow clockwise
or counterclockwise?
17 The deepest ocean areas on this map are more
than 6,000 _______.
20 This ocean lies between Asia, Africa, and
Australia.
DID YOU KNOW?
The deepest point in the ocean is the Marianas
Trench in the Pacific Ocean, which is 36,163 feet
(11,022 m) below the surface. If Mt. Everest, the
world’s highest mountain, were turned upside
down and placed in the Marianas Trench, there
would be more than a mile of extra room.
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