1. Learning About the Earth
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2. Look for the CONTINUE icon on each page.
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If the cursor arrow disappears, just move around the mouse, and it will reappear!
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3. We have a globe similar to this one in our classroom
We have a globe similar to this one in our classroom. It represents the Earth and shows us the land and water regions of the world.
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4. Although 6 of these pictures represent a continent of the world, it doesn’t make much sense to study them in a row like this since that’s not how they are found on the Earth.
North America
South America
Australia
Asia
Europe
Africa
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5. Most of the time we see a map of the world like this
Most of the time we see a map of the world like this. There are 7 continents and 5 OCEANS.
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6. The Earth can be shown in many different ways on a map, though
The Earth can be shown in many different ways on a map, though. This is a physical map showing the land features such as mountains and glaciers.
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7. This terrain map is similar to a physical map
This terrain map is similar to a physical map. It shows lakes, rivers, mountains, deserts, and icy regions.
Ice over Greenland
Rivers in Africa
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8. This is an image of the Earth’s weather.
Hurricanes form over water, and meteorologists (people who study the weather) can see how the temperatures are swirling around…
Australia
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9. This is a political map. It shows boundary lines between countries
This is a political map. It shows boundary lines between countries. One way to help show boundary lines is by giving each country a different color than the other countries around it.
Canada
United States
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10. This is a contour map. It shows the elevation of the surface of the Earth’s land and the depth of the Earth’s oceans. Elevation is how high above sea level the land is.
North America
Atlantic Ocean
Pacific Ocean
See the different colors of blue in the Pacific Ocean? That means there are different depths under all that water!
South America
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11. The continents and oceans share the Earth and have their own absolute location.
Northern Hemisphere
Equator
Prime Meridian
Southern Hemisphere
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12. The Earth is divided into 4 hemispheres
The Earth is divided into 4 hemispheres. The Northern and Southern Hemispheres you saw on the last page. Here you will see the Western and Eastern Hemispheres.
Eastern
Hemisphere
Equator
Prime Meridian
Western
Hemisphere
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13. Australia is in the Southern and Eastern Hemispheres.
North America is in both the Northern Hemisphere and the Western Hemisphere.
Africa is in ALL 4 Hemispheres!
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14. All the lines on the map are imaginary
All the lines on the map are imaginary! This means you can’t really see them on the land. We use them to help us understand where places are located.
Tropic of Cancer
Line of Latitude
Equator
Line of Latitude
Tropic of Capricorn
Line of Latitude
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15. This is an outline map showing North and South America
This is an outline map showing North and South America. It has grid lines on it.
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16. These grid lines on the image of this globe show longitude and latitude.
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17. These grid lines also show longitude and latitude.
The horizontal lines are latitude. They are parallel (like train tracks) to the Equator.
Lines of
Latitude
Lines of
Longitude
The taller lines drawn vertically (or up and down) are the lines of longitude.
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18. Click on the continents and oceans to learn more about them.
Arctic Ocean
Europe
North America
Asia
Pacific Ocean
Africa
Atlantic Ocean
Indian Ocean
Pacific Ocean
South America
Australia
Southern Ocean
Antarctica
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19. Africa Return to World Map
Africa is made up of many countries. Each orange line divides one country from another.
The Prime Meridian and the Equator both run through Africa!
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20. More About Africa
Countries of Africa
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21. Antarctica The Antarctic Circle is another line of latitude.
People research the land there to find out about animals and plants that could survive there. And, to see what may have once lived there!
No one lives on Antarctica because it is TOO cold!
Antarctica is located at the South Pole.
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22. Australia, Asia, and Europe
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Australia, Asia, and Europe
MORE ABOUT ASIA
Europe is a small continent that is attached to Asia, but it has many, many important countries in it like France, Germany, Switzerland, Great Britain, Spain, Italy, and Greece.
Asia is a large continent! There are many different countries in Asia. China is one of its largest countries.
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Australia is an island country and continent!

23. Countries of Europe Return to Asia and Australia Return to World Map
MORE ABOUT EUROPE

24. More About Europe Return to Asia and Australia Return to World Map
Great Britain, also known as England, is where the British were from. It’s a little island country in Europe – part of the United Kingdom.
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25. Countries of Asia
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26. North America Return to World Map
North America is surrounded by 3 of the 5 Oceans! The Arctic, Pacific, and Atlantic Oceans.
North America is the continent we live on!
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27. Countries in North America
We live about right here!
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28. South America Return to World Map
The Amazon Rain Forest grows in South America because it’s such a tropical region. The Equator runs through South America.
South America is an interesting continent. It’s northern region is very hot because it lies on the Equator. But, it’s southern tip is very near Antarctica’s cold region!
The Andes Mountain range runs along the coast of South America.
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South America
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29. Countries in South America
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Countries in South America
Brazil is the largest country on the continent of South America.
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South America

30. Atlantic Ocean Return to World Map
The state of Georgia boarders the Atlantic Ocean.
The British traveled across the Atlantic Ocean to find freedom in the Americas!
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31. Arctic Ocean Return to World Map
The Arctic Ocean is at the North Pole.
Greenland is so close to the North Pole, it’s frozen!!
Here’s Alaska!
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Notice North America is near the Arctic Ocean.

32. Indian Ocean Return to World Map
The Indian Ocean gets its name from the country of India located on the continent of Asia.
Notice this group of islands is called Indonesia. They get their name from the Indian Ocean since they are found in these waters!
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33. Pacific ocean Return to World Map Asia’s continent is just over here!
The Pacific Ocean usually looks like 2 oceans on other maps, but it’s really just one large body of water! Notice California which is on the North American continent boarders the Pacific Ocean.
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34. The Southern Ocean is simply the ocean that boarders Antarctica!
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35. Game Page Click on one of the game links below to go to a game page.
Mixture of Map Games
Battleship
Listen and Learn the Names of Continents
More Map Games
Find the Continent
Hangman
Whoops – I didn’t look at all the continents and ocean!!
Drag the Continent

36. See if you can answer these trivia questions about maps
See if you can answer these trivia questions about maps. Click on Map Trivia.
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Map Trivia
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37. Map Games Click on the link below to take you to
4 different map games.
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Map Games
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38. Click the link below for more map games.
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More Map Games
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39. Click the link below to play hangman
Click the link below to play hangman. The phrases you will be guessing relate to map skills.
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Hangman
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40. Try to sink the computer’s ships by solving problems related to maps.
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Battleship
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41. Listen to the computer read each continent to you
Listen to the computer read each continent to you. Learn the location of each continent.
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Listen and Learn Continent Locations
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42. Click on the link below to see if you can locate each continent.
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Locate the Continents
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43. Click the link below to see if you can drag and drop the continents into their correct location.
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Match the Location - Drag and Drop
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