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Mapping the Coordinate Plane
Coordinate planes, like maps, are used to find the exact location of a place of interest.
We use ordered pairs, (x, y), to determine where on the coordinate plane each point is
located. Follow the directions below to plot different Social Studies concepts and locate
them on the coordinate plane.
1. Label all four quadrants of the coordinate plane.
2. Label the x-axis and y- axis.
3. Plot and label the following Tribes on the map:
Inuit (6, 7)
Lakota (0, -1)
Kwakiutl (-9, 5)
Pueblo (-8, 0)
Iroquois (11½ , 1)
4. List the quadrant that each Tribe falls in or the axis that it falls on:
Inuit
____________
Kwakiutl ___________
Lakota ____________
Iroquois ____________
Pueblo ____________
5. The following states are plotted on the map. Please give the ordered pair for each.
G: Georgia _______________
M: Massachusetts
P: Pennsylvania ___________
T: Texas___________________________
I: Idaho __________________
R: New Mexico _____________________
N: Nebraska
V: Jamestown, VA ___________________
6. List the states from problem 5 that fall into each of the quadrants. If a state falls in more
than one quadrant than write it under both quadrants. (For example, California would be
written under Quadrant II and Quadrant III.)
Quadrant I
Quadrant II
Quadrant III
Quadrant IV
7. Name the bodies of water and their ordered pairs for the 3 bodies of water labeled on the
map by the following letters:
A:
B:
C:
8. In what quadrant can you find the capital of the United States?
9. Which point on the map represents the Rocky Mountains?
10. Which axis does Texas cross?
11. Match the following cities with their descriptions.
A. settled in northeast North America in the Eastern Woodlands
_____ Inuit
B. warned colonists of British arrival
_____ Kwakiutl
C. first permanent English settlement in North America (1607)
_____ Lakota
D. settled by debtors
_____ Pueblo
E. homeland includes the Pacific Northwest coast
_____ Iroquois
F. major author of the Declaration of Independence
_____ Massachusetts
G. commander of the Continental Army
_____ Pennsylvania
H. settled in present-day Alaska and northern Canada
_____ Georgia
I. settled by Puritans
_____ Jamestown
J. settled by Quakers
_____ Paul Revere
K. settled in the interior of the US, area called the Great Plains
_____ Thomas Jefferson
L. settled in the Southwest in present-day New Mexico
_____ George Washington
and Arizona
*Bonus Question*
What quadrant can you find the river that was explored by Lewis and Clark?
What is the name of this river?
What is the name of the point located at (0, 0)? ____________
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