Location
What is location?
The place where something is
What is absolute location?
Exact location like your address
(Example: 123 Main Street)
What does a map title tell you?
What the map shows
What kind of area usually has many businesses, buildings, apartments, and homes?
Urban
What do you call a model of the Earth?
A globe
What is a map?
A picture that shows locations
Why do we need maps?
To find places
What does a map legend show?
Symbols on a map
What is a rural area?
An area far from a city with few people
How many continents are on Earth?
7
What is a map grid?
A set of lines that divide a map into columns and rows of squares
What is something a neighborhood map can help you find?
House, park, greenbelt, mailbox
What does a compass rose show?
What would you not see in a rural area?
A. Crops
B. Skyscrapers
C. Farms
Skyscrapers
What is the difference between a globe and a world map?
A globe is a sphere and is a model of the Earth. A map is a flat picture of the world.
What is relative location?
When the location of something is described in relation to something else
What can a state map help you find?
Cities in a state
What does a map scale show?
Distance on a map
What is one way to describe a community?
By how many people it has and how closely they live together
What do both world maps and globes show?
The locations of the Earth's oceans, continents, and countries
Can relative location change?
Yes (bird on your head could move to bird in a tree)
What can a U.S. map help you find?
The 50 states in our country
What does the map date tell you?
The date the map was created
What is a suburb?
A community on the edge of city
True or False:
People have been mapping locations for thousands of years.
True