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Map Skills WorksheetMap Skills Worksheet
Publisher
Richmond Community Schools
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5th - 7th
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Social Studies & History
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Maps
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Map Skills

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Young geographers will need to use a variety of map skills to complete the tasks required on this learning exercise. Examples of activities include using references to label a map of Mexico, identify Canadian territories and European countries, and naming countries and climates of South America.

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CCSS: Adaptable

Concepts

european countries, south american geography, canadian geography, mexico, map scales, map skills, atlases, map symbols

Additional Tags

social studies

Instructional Ideas

  • Provide and explore a few different types of references that learners can utilize for geography, such as an atlas or online resource, prior to assigning this worksheet

Classroom Considerations

  • This resource is more of an assessment, and learners should already have knowledge of how to use an atlas and identify particular geographic features before beginning worksheet

Pros

  • Incorporates variety of world regions
  • Activities range from labeling country names to using map scales

Cons

  • No answer key included; however, the process of creating an answer key for this resource should not be too time-consuming

Common Core

RI.5.4 RI.5.7 RH.6-8.4 RH.6-8.7

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