Maps
This is what maps show. It is where places are.
location
What state do we live in?
California
What country do we live in?
United States of America.
What is a landform?
The shape of the land.
What is the name for someone who is the first to settle in a new land?
Pioneer
Where do you find the map title?
At the top of the map usually!
What is another name for a city?
An urban area
What country is south of ours?
Mexico
Name two landforms.
mountain, hill, plain, ocean, river, valley
Who are people who come from another country?
Immigrants
This is where you find the map symbols.
The map legend.
What is a small community near a city?
A suburb.
What country is north of ours?
Canada
This is flat land good for farming.
plains
Name a challenge of moving to a new country.
language, new jobs, new homes, new ways of doing things
These are the four main directions.
Cardinal directions: north, south, west, east.
A rural area.
Name our continent.
North America
What is the imaginary line that divides the Earth in half?
Equator
What is found in a rural area?
Farms, land for growing food and raising animals, barns.