Map Masters
This map element tells you what the map is about.
What is the title?
Name That Region: Florida, Georgia, and Virginia are all located in this U.S. region.
What is the Southeast?
This mountain range is located in the eastern part of the United States.
What are the Appalachian Mountains?
This type of settlement is a neighborhood located outside of a city.
What is a suburban settlement?
People often build communities near rivers, lakes, and oceans. What important resource does water provide?
What is water for survival?
You are looking at a map and need to determine whether a city is north, south, east, or west of another city. Which map element would you use?
What is a compass rose?
New Hampshire, Vermont, and Maine are examples of states found in this U.S. region.
What is the Northeast?
This ocean is located along the eastern coast of the United States.
What is the Atlantic Ocean?
A community with open land, farms, and fewer buildings is most likely this type of settlement.
What is a rural settlement?
New York, Houston, and Los Angeles all have access to this type of geographic feature.
What is a large body of water?
You are researching the Rocky Mountains and need to identify the symbol on a map that represents mountains. Which map element would help you?
What is the legend/key?
Name That Region: Texas, Arizona, and New Mexico are located in this U.S. region.
What is the Southwest?
This large geographic area in the United States is known for its wide, mostly flat land and is strongly connected to farming.
What are the Great Plains?
A settlement with many buildings, businesses, and people living close together is called this type of settlement.
What is an urban settlement?
A town is located near a major river. Which activity could the river make easier for people living in the town?
What is trade?
A map has a series of letters and numbers along its edges. You want to use those letters and numbers to find the exact location of a place on the map. What map feature would you use?
What is the grid system?
This region is known for the Great Plains and is strongly connected to farming and agriculture.
What is the Midwest?
You are looking at a map of the United States. You see a mountain range stretching through the western United States. What mountain range are you looking at?
What are the Rocky Mountains?
You are looking at a community with houses and neighborhoods. It is located just outside a large city, and many people travel into the city for work. What type of settlement is this?
What is a suburban settlement?
A family wants to live somewhere close enough to a large city to use its businesses and jobs, but they don't want to live in the busy city itself. Which type of settlement would be a good choice?
What is a suburban settlement?
You are looking at a map and want to find a specific city. The teacher tells you the city is located at B4. What should you use to find the city?
What is the grid system?
A region has hot and humid summers, heavy precipitation, part of the Mississippi River, and part of the Appalachian Mountains. What region is being described?
What is the Southeast?
Why was access to water important when people were choosing places to build permanent settlements?
Water provided resources needed for survival, as well as opportunities for trade and irrigation.
A group of people is looking for a place to build a permanent settlement. They find a location near a large river. Why might they choose to build their settlement there?
Because access to water can help people survive and can provide opportunities for trade and irrigation.
Two cities are located in different parts of the United States. One is surrounded by large areas of farmland, while the other is located near a large body of water. How might the geography of each location affect what people do there?
The first city may have more agriculture/farming, while the second may have more opportunities connected to water and trade.