Maps

Clickable Worksheet

  • Click on the underlined text to go to a site.  Click on "Back" to return to the worksheet and questions, and "Forward" to return to the same site.

  • Click here to view a sheet with some common map symbols.

  • Create a map of your own using at least 5 of these symbols.
  • This image explains the different parts of a map.  
  • Look at this map of Yuma Arizona and answer all 8 questions that go along with it.
  • Read about the differences between maps and globes.  Which is more accurate?

 

 
  • Now you are going to create a map of Sioux Falls and find Lowell.  At this site, enter the following information (you may want to write it down!):
  • Street Address:  710 W. 18th St.
  • City:  Sioux Falls
  • State:  SD
  • Zip:  57104
  • Then click "Get Map"
  • Zoom in all the way and print this map.
     
  • Choose a continent and print out a map from this page.  (Scroll down and find an outline map for the continent you chose.  You may not choose Antarctica or Australia.)
  • Now research that continent, and locate one country within it.  Write the name of that country on your map.