Map Masters
What type of map shows natural features like mountains, rivers, and lakes?
Physical Map
What is something from nature that people use called?
Natural resources
What does it mean when people modify the environment?
They change the environment.
What is it called when people or products are moved from one place to another?
Transportation
In the Map Quest activity, what did you use to help you find locations on the map?
The map title, key/legend, scale, grid, and cardinal directions.
What type of map shows boundaries between states, countries, or other places?
Political Map
What is it called when people grow crops or raise animals?
Is building a road an example of human modification?
Yes
What helps people share information and ideas with others?
Communication
In the Map Quest, students helped create a guide for a new student moving to what community?
Bowling Green OH
What tool on a map shows north, south, east, and west?
Compass Rose
A farmer grows corn to sell. What type of activity is this?
Agriculture
Give one example of a positive human modification.
Building a road, park, bridge, or school.
A truck brings food from a farm to a grocery store. What is being used?
Transportation
In the Farm Market activity, what did students create to show how agriculture, industry, and resources affect a community?
A farm market/market booth.
What part of a map explains what the symbols mean?
Map key/legend
How can natural resources affect a community?
They can provide materials, jobs, food, or products.
Give one possible negative effect of building a new road.
It could remove trees, disturb animals, or change the environment.
A student video-calls a family member who lives far away. What is being used?
Communication
During the map activities, what did students use to show or explain the route they chose?
The map, colored pencils, and written or drawn explanations.
What tool helps you understand the distance between places on a map?
A community has many farms because the land is good for growing crops. What is influencing the community?
Agriculture/natural resources
Why might people modify their environment?
To meet their needs, such as transportation, housing, or businesses.
How do transportation and communication help communities?
They move people, products, and ideas from place to place.
In the identity web activity, students shared information about themselves and their backgrounds. What larger geography idea did this activity help students understand?
Communities can include people with different cultures, traditions, and backgrounds.