Using an Atlas and grid reference recap

What will help you find specific places in an atlas?

• Contents page

• The key

• The Index

• Flicking through the atlas

What is the contents page used to show?

• Thematic and topographic maps

• Cities

• Rivers

• The continents

The contents page is very useful for finding maps of countries. This is useful when you are ___ looking for a specific place/feature e.g. a river or a city.

The best way to find the location of somewhere in an Atlas is to use the Index. The Index can be found at the ____ of the Atlas.

If you wanted to find maps for a continent you would use the _________________ ?

If you needed to find Timbuktu in your atlas, what would you use? ____________

What is the 4-figure Grid Reference (GR) for the caravan?

• 1632

• 1631

• 3116

• 1531

What is the 4-figure GR for the letter B?

• 1531

• 1432

• 1530

• 1431

What is the 4-figure GR for the letter D?

• 3117

• 173317

• 1731

• 1832

What is the 6-figure Grid Reference (GR) for the power station?

• 1434
• 141342
• 146346
• 152354