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World Cultures and Geography
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Unit 1
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Map and Graph Practice
Chapter 2:
The Geographer’s World
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Unit 1 Almanac Map Practice
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(A) Lesson
1 Reading Skill and Strategy
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Unit 1 Data File Practice
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(A) Lesson
1 Vocabulary/Study Guide
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Chapter 1: Welcome to the World
Visit Education
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Lesson 1 Reading Skill and Strategy
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Lesson 1 Vocabulary/Study Guide
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Lesson 2 Reading Skill and Strategy
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Lesson 2 Vocabulary/Study Guide
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Skillbuilder: Read a Time Zone Map
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(A) Skillbuilder:
Read Latitude
and Longitude
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(A) Lesson
2 Reading Skill and Strategy
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(A) Lesson
2 Vocabulary/Study Guide
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UNIT 1
Almanac Map Practice
CONTINENTS OF THE WORLD
80°S
Arctic Circle
EUROPE
ASIA
NORTH
AMERICA
40°N
ATLANTIC OCEAN
Tropic of Cancer
PACIFIC OCEAN
0° Equator
PACIFIC
OCEAN
AFRICA
SOUTH
AMERICA
INDIAN
OCEAN
ATLANTIC
OCEAN
km 0
Tropic of Capricorn
mi. 0
40°S
160°W
120°W
80°W
40°W
0°
40°E
80°E
2,000
AUSTRALIA
2,000
120°E
Antarctic Circle
ANTARCTICA
80°S
Complete the activities or questions based on the Physical World Map.
Practice
1. Which continent lies directly north of Africa?
2. Find the Equator. Circle the two continents through which the Equator
crosses.
3. What are the names of those continents?
4. Color the continent that is south of all the other continents.
5. Which major ocean lies east of the continent of Africa?
Apply
6. With a partner find the Tropic of Cancer. List the continents it crosses.
Now find the Tropic of Capricorn, and list of the continents it crosses.
Then make a Venn diagram to show the continents the Tropic of
Cancer crosses, the continents the Tropic of Capricorn crosses, and
the continent that both cross.
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Data File Activities
Map Basics
Geography Term
latitude
Description
imaginary lines that show distances north or south of the equator
imaginary lines that slow distances east or west of the prime meridian
a way of showing the curved surface of Earth on a flat map
the distance above or below sea level
the term for half the globe
maps that focus on specific ideas
maps that show features that humans have created on Earth's surface
maps that help you see the landforms and bodies of water
Practice
1. Use the Map Basics pages in the front of your textbook to complete
the chart above. One has been done for you.
2. What type of map would you use to show the states of the United
States?
3. What type of map would you use to show the types of vegetation?
4. What would help you find an exact location on a map?
Apply
5. Use the back of this page to create a similar chart for the descriptions
of five other geography terms from the Map Basics pages in the front
of your textbook. Then exchange papers with a partner and fill in the
correct term.
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CHAPTER 1, LESSON 1
Reading Skill and Strategy
Reading Skill: Categorize
This skill helps you understand and remember what you have read by
organizing facts into groups or categories.
Read “Economics.” Then complete the chart below. For each example of a
resource, write the kind of resource it is (natural, human, or capital). You may
write a kind of resource more than once.
machines
1.
forests
2.
equipment
3.
sewing
skills
4.
water
5.
Reading Strategy: Summarize
6. Read “Learning About the World.” Put a checkmark (√) next to the
best summary of the section.
History is the study of a place’s past.
A place’s history and geography orient it for us in time and
space.
The geography of a place affects its history.
7. Read “Government, Economics, and Culture.” Put a checkmark (√)
next to the phrase that best completes the statement below.
Knowing about a place’s government, economics, and culture go a
long way toward understanding
the land and its people.
the resources of a country.
the holidays people celebrate.
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Vocabulary and Study Guide
Vocabulary
Match the definition in the second column with the term in the first
column. Write the correct letter on the line.
1. citizen
A. conflict between unlimited desires and
limited resources
2. scarcity
B. a legal member of a country
3. culture
C. the study of people, places, and the
environment
4. geography
5. economics
D. a record of people and events of the past
6. history
E. the study of resource management
7. government
F. people and groups with authority to
make and carry out laws
G. beliefs, customs, laws, art, and ways of
living that a group of people share
Study Guide
Write each of the following terms under the heading where it belongs.
democracy
scarcity
capital resources
dance
past events
primary sources
location
religion
region
laws
Geography
Government
Economics
8.
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Culture
History
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CHAPTER 1, LESSON 2
Reading Skill and Strategy
Reading Skill: Draw Conclusions
Sometimes when you read, you have to figure out things that the writer
doesn’t tell you. This skill is called drawing conclusions. Read “Different
Places, Different Cultures.”
What statement can you make about the people in a region? Write your
answer in the bottom box.
The people share
a similar history.
The people share
a common
language.
The people grow
and eat similar
foods.
1.
Reading Strategy: Summarize
2. Read “The World’s Culture Regions.” Put a checkmark (√) next to the
best summary of the section.
Regions may contain other cultures besides the dominant
culture.
The Spanish and Portuguese languages dominate the Latin
America region.
Multicultural regions are located in the southern hemisphere.
3. Read “The World’s Culture Regions.” Complete the following
statement to summarize the section.
For many years, culture regions have borrowed culture
traits from one another. Advances in transportation have
.
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CHAPTER 1, LESSON 2
Vocabulary and Study Guide
Vocabulary
1. Draw a line from each vocabulary word to the correct example. There
are two examples you will not use.
the government in two or more countries
culture region
interdependence
Latin America
the Spanish language
countries depending on each other for oil and
food
Study Guide
Write the letter of the best answer in each blank.
2. An area of the world in which people have religion, technology, and ways of
earning a living in common is called
A. a culture trait.
B. a culture region.
C. a Hindu region.
3. The Spanish and Portuguese languages help tie together the people of
A. Southeast Asia.
B. Latin America.
C. North Africa.
B. Latin America.
C. Southwest Asia
and North Africa.
4. Islam is the major religion in
A. the United States
and Canada.
5. Many people in eastern Canada speak
A. French.
B. Spanish.
C. Portuguese.
6. An example of a multicultural region is one where
A. everyone belongs
to a dominant culture.
B. everyone speaks
French.
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C. people practice many
different religions.
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CHAPTER 1
Skillbuilder: Read a Time
Zone Map
TIME ZONE MAP OF THE UNITED STATES
Seattle
Washington
Pacific
Time
12:00 P.M.
New Hampshire
Vermont
North Dakota
Montana
Minnesota
Maine
Boston
Oregon
Wisconsin
South Dakota
Idaho
New York
Michigan
Wyoming
Iowa
Nebraska
Nevada
Pennsylvania
Chicago
West
Virginia
Colorado
Kansas
California
Missouri
Oklahoma
Arizona
Mississippi Alabama
Texas
Georgia
Louisiana
Houston
Central
Time
2:00 P.M.
Florida
Practice
1. Which time zone is Arizona in?
2. When it is 3:00 A.M. in Nevada, what time is it in Florida?
3. When it is 2:00 P.M. in Virginia, what time is it in California?
4. Which states are located in both the Central and Mountain Time zones?
Apply
Let’s say you live in California. You board an airplane at 10:00 A.M. Pacific
Time. Four hours later you land in Baltimore, Maryland. What time would it
be when you arrive in Baltimore?
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Maryland
North Carolina
South
Carolina
Arkansas
New Mexico
Mountain
Time
1:00 P.M.
Delaware
Virginia
Kentucky
Tennessee
Los Angeles
New York City
New Jersey
Ohio
Illinois Indiana
Utah
Massachusetts
Rhode Island
Connecticut
Eastern
Time
3:00 P.M.
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CHAPTER 2, LESSON 1
Reading Skill and Strategy
Reading Skill: Compare and Contrast
This skill helps you see how two elements are similar and different.
As you read the section “Location and Place,” complete the diagram below.
In the left ring, write a trait of absolute location. In the right ring, write a trait
of relative location. In the section shared by both, write one trait they have in
common.
Absolute location
1.
Both
2.
Relative location
3.
Reading Strategy: Predict/Infer
4. Look over “Location and Place.” Put a checkmark (√) next to
something you might learn in this section.
Geographers study people’s cultures.
Geographers study processes that change Earth’s surface.
Geographers locate places on Earth using latitude and
longitude.
5. Look over “Region and Movement” and the “Human Migration” map.
What is one thing you think this section may tell you? Complete the
sentence.
Problems for humans in one place may cause them
.
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Vocabulary and Study Guide
Vocabulary
Write the letter of the term that best completes each sentence.
A. absolute location
C. latitude
E. continent
B. longitude
D. migrate
F. relative location
1. My school is located near the library. This is my school’s
2. The
.
of my house is its exact position on Earth.
3. Imaginary lines that run east and west and are parallel to the equator
are called lines of
.
4. Imaginary lines that run between the North and South Poles are lines
of
.
5. Sometimes people
from one area to another because of
work opportunities.
6. A(n)
is a large landmass.
Study Guide
Write the term from the list below that best completes each sentence.
migration
tundra
relative location
7. The
is one of the ten natural
regions of the world.
8. The
of the United States is
north of Mexico and south of Canada.
9. The movement of people from farms to cities is an example of
.
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CHAPTER 2
Skillbuilder: Read Latitude and
Longitude
MAP OF THE WORLD
80°N
RUSSIA
CANADA
USA
Berlin
New York
Toronto
DallasWashington, D.C.
Cairo
MEXICO
Beijing
Jerusalem
Riyadh
40°N
CHINA
Tokyo
Delhi
INDIA
Mexico City
N
60°N
Moscow
London
Paris
20°N
Quito
Equator
0°
Kinshasa
BRAZIL
Rio de Janiero
Brisbane
Cape Town
160°W
120°W
80°W
40°W
0°
40°E
40°S
80°E
120°E
160°E
60°S
80°S
Practice
The chart below shows degrees of latitude and longitude, or coordinates,
of some major cities. Find the coordinates on the map and write the
names of the cities to complete the chart.
Place
Latitude Longitude
0°S
78°W
49°N
2°E
30°N
32°E
33°S
19°E
41°N
73°W
Apply
Play “Where in the World Am I?” with a partner. Choose a place on the
map. Name the coordinates (latitude and longitude). Have your partner
use the map to tell where you are.
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AUSTRALIA
Buenos
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CHAPTER 2, LESSON 2
Reading Skill and Strategy
Reading Skill: Problem and Solution
This skill helps you see problems some people face and how they resolve
them.
Read “Maps and Globes.” Read each problem related to maps and globes.
Then write a solution in the box to the right of the arrow.
Problem
Globes are difficult to carry around.
Solution
1.
Problem
The Mercator projection map has
distortions.
Solution
2.
Reading Strategy: Predict and Infer
3. Look over the section called “Maps and Globes.” Write an inference
you can make from the section. Complete the sentence about
geographers.
Geographers use tools such as
.
4. Look at the pictures at the bottom of page 38. Write an inference you
can make just by looking at the pictures.
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CHAPTER 2, LESSON 2
Vocabulary and Study Guide
Vocabulary
Write the term that best completes each sentence.
cartographer
thematic map
map projection
1. A population map is an example of a
.
2. A way of looking at Earth’s curved surface on a flat map is called a
.
3. A
makes detailed maps of the world.
Study Guide
Write the term that best completes each sentence.
Ancient Maps and Modern Maps
4. An ancient Babylonian map of the known world was drawn on
.
5. Cartographers today use tools such as images from outer space and
to help them represent the world.
Maps and Globes
6. Globes have an advantage over maps because they are more
.
7. Maps have an advantage over globes because they are more
.
Road Maps and Nautical Maps
8. A road map is a thematic map that can help you find your way on
.
9. A nautical map can help you find your way through air and over
.
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