Answers for World Map Lessons - Grade 6+

Activity 1: World Grid Systems

Grid Location: K4
Grid Location: D3
Grid Location: G2
Grid Location: J2
Grid Location: E2
Grid Location: G4

Activity 2: Latitude on World Maps

Pacific Ocean
Asia
Indian Ocean
Africa
Atlantic Ocean
South America
Pacific Ocean
30N
30N
40N
60N
30S
30N
20S

Activity 3: Longitude on World Maps

Ghana
Togo (just barely)
Burkina Faso
Mali
Niger (just barely)
Algeria
Spain
France
United Kingdom
140 E
30 E
90 W
75 W
150 E
Bangladesh
India
Bhutan
China
Mongolia
Russia

Activity 4: The Global Grid System

Libreville
Niamey
Monrovia
Cairo
Saudi Arabia
Addis Ababa
Cape Town
Labrador Sea
Mogadishu
Mt. Everest
6 N, 5 W
9 N, 12 E
25 N, 11 E
15 N, 33 E
34 N, 112 W
52 N, 0
42 S, 175 E
19 N, 100 W
35 S, 58 W
35 N, 140 E

Activity 5: World Projections, Distance, and the North Pole

Winkle - Yes
420 miles
About 59 1/3
420 miles in 1 inch x 59.33 inches = 24,918 miles (actually 24,902 miles)
About 79 N, 108 W

Activity 6: Physical Legends and Map Symbols

___D___
City over 5,000,000
__C__
Waterfall
___B___
Country capital
__F__
Dam
___A___
City 1,000,000 to 5,000,000
__E__
Mountain Peak
Aswan Dam
1,000,000 to 5,000,000
Victoria Falls
Angel Falls
Rio de Janeiro, Sao Paulo
Itaipu Dam
New Delhi, less than 500,000

__B__
Country Boundary
__A__
River
__C__
Continent Boundary
Kenya, Tanzania
Russia, Kazakhstan
Ob, Yenisey
Chile, Equador
Panama, Colombia
Indonesia, Papua New Guinea

Activity 7: Type as a Symbol

No exercises included

Activity 8: Land Elevations

Mt. Everest
(2) Mostly a high and mountainous country
Andes Mountains
Indus R., Ganges R, Brahmaputra R, Salween R, Mekong R, Yangtze R, Yellow R, {any six of these seven}
Large lowlands less than 1,000 feet in elevation extend over 1,000 miles to the east, west and south.
Altay Mountains

 

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