6th Grade

GEOGRAPHY/INTRODUCTORY CHAPTER

MAPS

• Essential Question:

• What are the differences between physical and political maps?

PHYSICAL MAPS

• Show the location of land forms

• Deserts

• Mountains

• Plains

• Rivers

• Lakes

• Colors are used to show differences in land elevations

PHYSICAL MAP OF THE UNITED STATES

PHYSICAL MAP OF THE UNITED STATES• Name four physical features you see on this map

• (a)_______________________________________

• (b)_______________________________________

• (c)_______________________________________

• (d)_______________________________________

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• Name on ocean that you see on this map.

• (a)_______________________________________

POLITICAL MAPS

• Do not show physical features

• Show state and national boundaries

• Show capital and major cities

• Capital cities are often marked with a star within a circle

• Often include significant bodies of water

POLITICAL MAP OF THE UNITED STATES

POLITICAL MAP OF THE UNITED STATES

• Name 2 states that you see on the map.

• (a)_____________________________________

• (b)_____________________________________

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• Name 2 countries that you see on the map.

• (a)_____________________________________

• (b)_____________________________________

PIECES OF A MAP

• Symbols

• A picture or thing that stands for something else

• Map Key

• The part of the map that tells what shapes and symbols on the map represent

• Compass

• The tool or part of the map that shows the cardinal directions

• Scale

• Relationship between a distance on the map and actual distance on the ground

MAKING CONNECTIONS

• 1. What are two things that are the same on both maps?

• 2. Answer the Essential Question: What are the differences between physical and political maps?

TIMELINES

• Essential Question:

• What is the purpose of a timeline?

TIMELINE

• Calendar of events that makes it easy to see the order in which the events occurred

• Can be used to compare one civilizations events with another civilization

• Can show change over time

DATES ON TIMELINES

• B.C.E.

• “Before the Common Era”

• Also called “B.C.”

• Years count down to zero

• For example, 3,000 B.C.E. occurred much earlier than 250B.C.E.

• C.E.

• “Common Era”

• Also called “A.D.”

• Years count up from zero

• For example, 500 C.E. occurred much earlier than 1500 C.E.

MAKE YOUR OWN TIMELINE!

• Use the timeline below to create a calendar of events from your own life. You will want to include important milestones such as birthdays, the birth of a brother or sister, your first day of kindergarten, etc.. What was the most important thing that happened to you in each year? What you include is up to you!

MAKING CONNECTIONS

• 1. How can a timeline be used to compare one civilization’s events to another’s?

• 2. Answer the Essential Question: What is the purpose of a timeline?