Map Master Skills Handbook

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1 1 Map Master Skills Handbook Five Themes of Geography Understanding Globes How To Use A Map Human Migration Notebook Number Mr. Graver Old World Cultures Name Period

2 2 In this chapter, you ll be introduced to many skills you ll need to do well in Old World Cultures. You ll learn about the Five Themes of Geography, how to use a map and a globe, what migration is and how it changes history, and how people change the Earth. Whew! Geography is a HUGE topic! Five Themes of Geography: Just by paging through this first chapter you can probably figure out that Geography is a huge topic to study. When some people hear the word Geography they think about studying states and capitals. Although that s part of Geography, there is so much more! To make the study of Geography a little easier to understand, geographers have divided it up into 5 smaller topics, or themes. Let s find out what they are! 1. LOCATION 1. What question does the theme Location answer? 2. What does ABSOLUTE LOCATION mean? Give an example of Absolute Location. 3. What does RELATIVE LOCATION mean? Give an example of Relative Location.

3 2. REGIONS 3 4. What is a good definition for the theme of REGIONS? 5. Give two examples of Regions. 3. PLACE 6. What does PLACE help us to understand? 7. Every place has unique characteristics and unique characteristics. It is these characteristics that help geographers identify and describe a place. 8. Give some examples of PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS that help us to describe a place. 9. Give some examples of HUMAN CHARACTERISTICS that help us to describe a place.

4 4. MOVEMENT What question does the Theme of MOVEMENT answer? 11. How did Marco Polo give us an excellent example of MOVEMENT? 12. What can BLUE JEANS teach us about MOVEMENT? 5. INTERACTION 13. What two things are interacting when we talk about the Theme of INTERACTION? 14. Give some examples as to how people INTERACT with the environment. 15. What s the difference between PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY and HUMAN GEOGRAPHY?

5 5 Understanding Globes: In this section, you ll find out what globes are and how to use them. We ll also find out what all of those lines are used for on maps and globes! 1. What is a good definition of the term GLOBE? 2. What do globes show us? 3. Why is a globe better than a map? 4. What are PARALLEL lines of LATITUDE on a globe or map? 5. What is the most important line of Latitude? Where is this line located and what number is it given? 6. How much distance does ONE DEGREE of Latitude represent?

6 6 7. What do we call all of the latitudes, land, and water NORTH of the equator? 8. What do we call all of the latitudes, land, and water SOUTH of the Equator? 9. What are MERIDIAN lines of LONGITUDE on a map or Globe? 10. What is the most important line of LONGITUDE? What famous place does this line run through and what number is it given? 11. What do we call all of the Longitudes, land, and water EAST of the Prime Meridian? 12. What do we call all of the Longitudes, land, and water WEST of the Prime Meridian?

7 7 How To Use A Map: In this section, we ll find out how to use the different clues mapmakers put on maps to help us understand the information on a map. This is easy! 1. What does a LOCATOR GLOBE do for someone reading a map? 2. What does a TITLE do for someone reading a map? 3. What does a COMPASE ROSE show? 4. What is another term for a map KEY? What does it do? 5. What does a SCALE BAR do?

8 8 Human Migration: We re on the move! Heck, people have been moving from place to place since the beginning of time. In this section, we ll find out what happens to people and places when other people migrate to a new place. 1. What is HUMAN MIGRATION? 2. What THEME of Geography are we talking about when we study MIGRATION? 3. What happens to people and their new environment when people migrate? 4. What is FORCED MIGRATION? 5. Give an example of something that would PUSH people to migrate out of an area. 6. Give an example of something that would PULL people to migrate to an area.