Week 1 Studies Weekly: Geography

If you were to create a political map of the United States, what would be the best way to denote different states?

• write the states’ names in different sizes

• color in every other state, like a checkerboard

• make the states a variety of colors

• outline the states with a highlighter

he word hemisphere is made up of two parts, hemi and sphere. What does the prefix hemi mean?

• Big

• Northern

• Half

• Part

Use the map to help answer the following Question:

Which countries border the United States?

• Canada and Germany

• Florida and England

• Egypt and Kenya

• Canada and Mexico

Which is a modern piece of technology used to create maps?

• Sextant

• Satellite

• Spacecraft

• Compass

Use the map to help answer the following Question:

Someone traveling from Florida to the Great Lakes would be going in which direction?

• West

• South

• East

• North

Why do maps have scales?

• to show how far apart dots and stars on the map are

• to help you understand how far apart things are in reality

• to show where the roads are on a map

• to show how long a centimeter is

Alexander von Humboldt accomplished many things and improved society.

Select all of Humboldt's accomplishments that are listed below:

• mapped thousands of miles of uncharted territory

• studied human interaction with the environment

• developed the "Theory of Plate Tectonics"

• developed the "Theory of Evolution"

Which of the following is something Alexander von Humboldt did not do to improve society?

• He mapped thousands of miles of uncharted territory.

• He studies human interaction with the environment.

• He developed the “Theory of Evolution.”

• He developed the “Theory of Plate Tectonics.”

The following items are technological advances in mapmaking. Sort them into the order in which they were invented (earliest to latest).

• Wall Drawing

• Compass

• Photography

• Satellite

For the following question use this week’s Studies Weekly magazine to cite one source in your answer. (For example: You found part of the answer on Page 1 in the article “Getting Information.”)

How has mapmaking changed over time?

• Map making has changed over time because...In Page 5 "Geography" It said "In ancient times people drew on walls. Today, we can access maps easily through a computer."

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