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Atlas

Atlas. A book of maps and facts about geography. The Complete Library Skills-Grade 5. Atlas Vocabulary:. Legend and symbols: The legend helps you read a map. Will tell you what the colored areas mean The scale or how many km or miles – it is marked of on a number line. Map Symbols.

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Atlas

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  1. Atlas A book of maps and facts about geography. The Complete Library Skills-Grade 5

  2. Atlas Vocabulary: Legend and symbols: The legend helps you read a map. • Will tell you what the colored areas mean • The scale or how many km or miles – it is marked of on a number line

  3. Map Symbols

  4. Vocabulary cont. • Index: will tell you were in the atlas you will find the place you are looking for.

  5. Types of Maps:1.Relief-show physical geography

  6. 2.Political Map- shows by a color plan countries, boundaries, and principal and capital cities.

  7. 3. Economic Map- shows were products are grown and where various industries are.

  8. Examples of other maps include:A. Climate

  9. Other maps cont.B. Biodiversity

  10. Other Maps. cont.C. Precipitation

  11. Other Maps cont.D. Transportation

  12. E. Tectonic plates

  13. F. Volcanic Activity and Earthquakes

  14. References • Turrell, Linda. The Complete Library Skills-Grade 5. Mineappolis, Minnesota. T.S. Denison & Company Inc. • Google images http://images.google.com/images?um=1&hl=en&rlz=1T4ADBR_enSV295SV296&q=maps

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