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Map Master
Skills Handbook
Five Themes of Geography
Understanding Globes
How To Use A Map
Human Migration
Notebook
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Mr. Graver
Old World Cultures
Name _____________________
Period ____________________
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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.
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2. REGIONS
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.
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4. MOVEMENT
10. 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?
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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?
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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?
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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?
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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.