North, South, East, West

North, South, East, West

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Maps and Locations

Maps can help you nd location. Location is the place where something is. Maps can show you the location of a place.



Find the location of your state.

There are many kinds of maps. Maps can show small parks. They can show large countries. Compare and Contrast How can maps be different? 3

Benjamin Banneker
Benjamin Banneker liked to learn. As a boy, he read books. He learned about the stars. He even made clocks.

1731
Born
1753 Teaches himself to build a clock 1789 Predicts a solar eclipse 1791 Helps survey the land for Washington, D.C. Publishes his rst almanac

President George Washington gave Banneker an important job. His job was to help plan a city. That city was Washington, D.C.

1806
Died

North America
North America has many countries. The United States is one of those countries. Our neighbors are Canada and Mexico. North America has small countries, too.

North America has many mountains.

North America has landforms. A landform is land that has a special shape. Mountains are the highest landform. North America has water, too. It has lakes and rivers. Main Idea and Details What are three countries in North America? 7

Seasons and Climate

A season is a part of the year. It has a certain kind of weather. Earth moves around the sun. Some places tilt toward the sun. In those places, it is summer. Some places tilt away from the sun. It is winter.

A hot summer day

Weather is the way the air outside feels. Climate is weather a place has over a long time. Some places have hot climates. Others have cool climates. Compare and Contrast How are seasons and climates different?
A cold winter day

World Regions
A region is a place. A region has the same features. Earth has different regions. Each region has its own landforms. It has its own climate. It has its own plants and animals.

A tropical region

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The equator is a pretend line around Earth. It divides Earth in half. Each half is a hemisphere. Regions near the equator are hot. Regions far from it are cold. Compare and Contrast How are the worlds regions different? 11

Activity 1 Write the denition for each word. Then use each word in a sentence. location equator 1. location 2. landform 3. hemisphere 4. equator 5. climate landform climate hemisphere

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Activity 2 Look at the list of words. Put the words in a chart like this one. Then use a dictionary. Learn what the words mean. location relative location peninsula cardinal directions absolute location landform climate hemisphere island gulf equator pole

I Know location climate island

Sounds Familiar

Dont Know

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Activity 3 Fill in the missing words from each sentence. Use words from the list. cardinal direction relative location region equator poles

1. We can nd the schools __________ __________ on the map. 2. It is hot near the __________ . 3. Many plants and animals live in this __________ . 4. At the __________, it is cold. 5. North is a __________ __________ .

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Activity 4 Match the word to its meaning.

climate peninsula

location gulf

landform pole

1. land that has a special shape 2. an area of land that has water on three sides 3. the place where something is 4. a body of water partly surrounded by land 5. a point on Earth farthest from the equator 6. weather a place has over a long time

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Compare and Contrast How are regions different? 1. Vocabulary Name a landform. 2. How do maps help people? 3. What is the equator? 4. Why is learning about the worlds different climates important? Activity Draw Your State Find your state on a map. Then draw a picture of your state.

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