Where People Live

By: Miss WardJune 27, 2007

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What do you use a What do you use a map for?map for?

To find many To find many places on Earth.places on Earth.• streetstreet• citycity• statestate• countrycountry• continentcontinent

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Key Vocabulary• state: A part of a

country• country: An area of

land with its own people and laws.

• symbol: A picture or an object that stands for something.

• globe: A model of Earth

• continent: A large area of land.

• location: The place where something is.

• map: A picture that shows locations. http://wwp.greenwichmeantime.com/images/usa/california.jpg

Finding Where You Are• A location is the place

were something is.• A map is a picture that

shows locations.• Maps can show many

kinds of places like states?

• Some maps show countries. A country is an area of land with its own people and laws.

• Lines on a map show borders. A border is where a state or country ends.

• Can you find where you live on the map?

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Use a Globe• We live on Earth. You

can use a globe to find places on Earth.

• A globe is a model of Earth.

• A map is flat, but a globe is round. It shows what Earth looks like from space.

• Like a map is shows locations. Each large area of land is a continent. Each large body of water is an ocean.

• How many oceans and continents do you see?

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Works Cited

• http://www.spacetoday.org/images/SolSys/Earth/EarthBlueMarbleWestTerraSat.jpg

• http://www.evl.uic.edu/pape/data/Earth/1024/BigEarth.jpg

• http://www.epa.gov/enviro/gif/us_map.gif

• http://wwp.greenwichmeantime.com/images/usa/california.jpg