WORKBOOK

«the maps»

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1st Activity

In groups of two, look closely at the following photographs, discuss your observations and write down your thoughts in a few sentences on the piece of paper you have been given. Afterward, explain the relationship of the objects in the photographs to the maps.

Write your answer in the allocated space at the end of this workbook.

2nd Activity

Look closely at the following maps. Form groups of four to discuss the maps and put them in chronological order from the oldest to the newest. Justify your answer.

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Write your answer in the allocated space at the end of this workbook.

3rd Activity:   "Let's play chess"

In the image to the right, identify the exact position of the rook on the chess board. Using the same logic, find the coordinates of the Aland islands on the map below. The location of the islands is indicated by the arrow.

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4th Activity:

In groups of two read the following text and discuss with your partner the following questions:

Map (from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia)

A map is a visual representation of an area-a symbolic depiction highlighting relationships between elements of that space such as objects, regions, and themes. Cartography or map-making is the study and practice of crafting representations of the Earth upon a flat surface, and one who makes maps is called a cartographer…

...Road maps are perhaps the most widely used maps today, and form a subset of navigational maps, which also include aeronautical and nautical charts, railroad network maps etc. …Maps of the world or large areas are often either “political” or “physical”. The most important purpose of the political map is to show territorial borders; the purpose of the physical is to show features of geography such as mountains, etc. …

a. What is a map?b. What is a cartographer?c. Which types of maps are used most frequently? What do they show us?

Write your answers in the allocated space at the end of this workbook.

5th Activity:  "... maps for every use..."

In the following pages you will see several maps. For each one of these maps, write down what you think the use is and what kind of information it gives us.

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Write your answers in the allocated space at the end of this workbook.6th Activity:

Using the compass of your school find the orientation of the following locations with respect to your classroom:

a. the Dean's office answer:........................b. the cafeteria answer:........................c. the gym answer:........................ d. the entrance to the school answer:........................

7th Activity:

Similarly, using the GPS of your school, find the coordinates for Ankara.

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8th Activity:

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Turn to the classmate next to you and discuss the following unique maps. Answer the question "in which scientific fields are these maps useful"? Write a brief summary of your thoughts and share them with the class in the next session.

Write your answers in the allocated space at the end of this workbook.

1. “map of European population”

2. “map of world religions”

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3. “arab world linguistic map”

4. “World_CholeraCFR(WER)”

5. “World_map_of_countries_by_rate_of_unemployment”

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6. “global map of World Happiness”

7. “GDP (Nominal) per capital” (IMF, 2007)

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8. “world’s map of financial risk values”

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In groups of two, think of two (2) scientific fields for which maps are a valuable tool. Search the internet for information about those fields.answers: 1. ............................ 2. ............................

10th Activity:

Read the following texts and observe the associated images (Jonathan Mc Cabe and Nancy Goodman Lawrence). Discuss with your team and answer the following questions:

What is the relationship between art (for example, painting) and geography? What is the art's contribution to the natural sciences?

Jonathan Mc Cabe

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Nancy Goodman Lawrence, 2004

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