Map SkillsMap Skills

Living in the WorldLiving in the World

►Geographers study Geographers study the relationships the relationships between people and between people and their world.their world.

► Topography and Topography and climate influence climate influence where and how where and how people live.people live.

Moving Through the WorldMoving Through the World

► People move to People move to different areas of different areas of the world for many the world for many different reasons.different reasons.

►Movement can Movement can affect people and affect people and cultures.cultures.

Looking at the WorldLooking at the World

►Geographers divide Geographers divide the world into the world into regions.regions.

► Regions are areas Regions are areas that have similar that have similar characteristics, but characteristics, but are different from are different from other surrounding other surrounding areas.areas.

Understanding a MapUnderstanding a Map

►Mapmakers and Mapmakers and geographers use geographers use scale to show scale to show distance on a map.distance on a map.

►Mapmakers and Mapmakers and geographers use an geographers use an imaginary grid to imaginary grid to locate places on a locate places on a map.map.

The Content of a MapThe Content of a Map

► Cartographers, or Cartographers, or mapmakers, use mapmakers, use symbols to symbols to communicate communicate information on a information on a map.map.

► Cartographers use Cartographers use insets, or small maps insets, or small maps within another map, within another map, to show information to show information about a smaller area.about a smaller area.

Maps for Different PurposesMaps for Different Purposes

►Different types of Different types of maps show different maps show different kinds of kinds of information.information.

► Cartographers must Cartographers must decide what decide what information to information to include and how to include and how to show it.show it.

The Shape of the EarthThe Shape of the Earth

► Cartographers must Cartographers must decide how to show the decide how to show the earth’s curved shape earth’s curved shape on a flat map.on a flat map.

► Cartographers Cartographers developed different developed different types of map types of map projections, or ways to projections, or ways to show the earth’s show the earth’s curved surface.curved surface.

► Some map projections Some map projections distort the shape of the distort the shape of the land and water.land and water.

Mapping the Past & Exploring Mapping the Past & Exploring the Worldthe World

► People expand their People expand their geographic geographic knowledge through knowledge through movement.movement.

►One reason for One reason for movement is trade.movement is trade.

► Trade helped people Trade helped people in the past learn in the past learn about other about other cultures.cultures.

Learning about the WorldLearning about the World

► As people in the past As people in the past traveled, they recorded traveled, they recorded geographic and cultural geographic and cultural information.information.

► Explorers and traders drew Explorers and traders drew maps to record knowledge maps to record knowledge from their travels.from their travels.

► Information from early Information from early explorers and traders explorers and traders helped cartographers helped cartographers improve their maps.improve their maps.

► Information from early Information from early explorers and traders helps explorers and traders helps us learn about life in the us learn about life in the past.past.