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Map Skills

Map Skills. Living in the World. Geographers study the relationships between people and their world. Topography and climate influence where and how people live. Moving Through the World. People move to different areas of the world for many different reasons.

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Map Skills

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  1. Map Skills

  2. Living in the World • Geographers study the relationships between people and their world. • Topography and climate influence where and how people live.

  3. Moving Through the World • People move to different areas of the world for many different reasons. • Movement can affect people and cultures.

  4. Looking at the World • Geographers divide the world into regions. • Regions are areas that have similar characteristics, but are different from other surrounding areas.

  5. Understanding a Map • Mapmakers and geographers use scale to show distance on a map. • Mapmakers and geographers use an imaginary grid to locate places on a map.

  6. The Content of a Map • Cartographers, or mapmakers, use symbols to communicate information on a map. • Cartographers use insets, or small maps within another map, to show information about a smaller area.

  7. Maps for Different Purposes • Different types of maps show different kinds of information. • Cartographers must decide what information to include and how to show it.

  8. The Shape of the Earth • Cartographers must decide how to show the earth’s curved shape on a flat map. • Cartographers developed different types of map projections, or ways to show the earth’s curved surface. • Some map projections distort the shape of the land and water.

  9. Mapping the Past & Exploring the World • People expand their geographic knowledge through movement. • One reason for movement is trade. • Trade helped people in the past learn about other cultures.

  10. Learning about the World • As people in the past traveled, they recorded geographic and cultural information. • Explorers and traders drew maps to record knowledge from their travels. • Information from early explorers and traders helped cartographers improve their maps. • Information from early explorers and traders helps us learn about life in the past.

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