Map Reading Across the Continents

 

Course Objectives

After completing this course, you'll be able to...

  • Find towns and cities on political maps.   
  • Explain how lines and colors show different man-made areas on the  map- like continents, countries, states, and counties. 
  • Tell the difference between physical maps and political maps. 
  • Explain that blue represents bodies of water on a map. 
  • Find your own town, state, country, and continent on a map.
  • Explain that you live in a town, state, country, and continent all at the same time.
  • Find the different continents on a world map. 
  • Describe the relative distance between two places on a map. 
  • State facts about each of the seven continents.