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Unit 1: Introduction to WorldCultures and Geography

Unit 1 Almanac Map Practice 1

Unit 1 Data File Practice 2

Chapter 1: Welcome to the World

Lesson 1 Reading Skill and Strategy 3

Lesson 1 Vocabulary/Study Guide 4



Skillbuilder: Read a Time Zone Map 7

Chapter 2: The Geographer’s World



Skillbuilder: Read Latitude and Longitude 10



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Almanac Map PracticeName Date

Complete the activities or questions based on the Physical World Map.

Practice1. Which continent lies directly north of Africa?

2. Find the Equator. Circle the two continents through which the Equatorcrosses.

3. What are the names of those continents?

4. Color the continent that is south of all the other continents.

5. Which major ocean lies east of the continent of Africa?

Apply6. With a partner find the Tropic of Cancer. List the continents it crosses.

Now find the Tropic of Capricorn, and list of the continents it crosses.Then make a Venn diagram to show the continents the Tropic ofCancer crosses, the continents the Tropic of Capricorn crosses, andthe continent that both cross.

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UNIT 1

1

Arctic Circle

Tropic of Cancer

0° Equator

Tropic of Capricorn

Antarctic Circle

40°N

80°S

40°S

160°W 160°E120°W 120°E80°W 80°E40°W 40°E0°

80°S

PACIFICOCEAN

PACIFIC OCEAN

ATLANTIC OCEAN

ATLANTICOCEAN

INDIANOCEAN

AUSTRALIA

ASIAEUROPE

AFRICA

ANTARCTICA

SOUTHAMERICA

NORTH

AMERICA

Arctic Circle

Tropic of Cancer

0° Equator

Tropic of Capricorn

Antarctic Circle

40°N

80°S

40°S

160°W 160°E120°W 120°E80°W 80°E40°W 40°E0°

80°S

2,000

2,000

mi. 0

km 0

CONTINENTS OF THE WORLD

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Data File ActivitiesName Date

Practice1. Use the Map Basics pages in the front of your textbook to complete

the chart above. One has been done for you.

2. What type of map would you use to show the states of the United

States?

3. What type of map would you use to show the types of vegetation?

4. What would help you find an exact location on a map?

Apply5. Use the back of this page to create a similar chart for the descriptions

of five other geography terms from the Map Basics pages in the frontof your textbook. Then exchange papers with a partner and fill in thecorrect term.

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UNIT 1

Map Basics

latitude

Geography Term Description

imaginary lines that show distances north or south of the equator

imaginary lines that slow distances east or west of the prime meridian

a way of showing the curved surface of Earth on a flat map

the distance above or below sea level

the term for half the globe

maps that focus on specific ideas

maps that show features that humans have created on Earth's surface

maps that help you see the landforms and bodies of water

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Reading Skill and StrategyReading Skill: CategorizeThis skill helps you understand and remember what you have read byorganizing facts into groups or categories.

Read “Economics.” Then complete the chart below. For each example of aresource, write the kind of resource it is (natural, human, or capital).You maywrite a kind of resource more than once.

Reading Strategy: Summarize6. Read “Learning About the World.” Put a checkmark (√) next to the

best summary of the section.

History is the study of a place’s past.

A place’s history and geography orient it for us in time andspace.

The geography of a place affects its history.

7. Read “Government, Economics, and Culture.” Put a checkmark (√)next to the phrase that best completes the statement below.

Knowing about a place’s government, economics, and culture go along way toward understanding

the land and its people.

the resources of a country.

the holidays people celebrate.

CHAPTER 1, LESSON 1Name Date


machines

1.

forests

2.

equipment

3.

sewingskills

4.

water

5.

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Vocabulary and Study GuideVocabularyMatch the definition in the second column with the term in the firstcolumn. Write the correct letter on the line.

Study GuideWrite each of the following terms under the heading where it belongs.



1. citizen

2. scarcity

3. culture

4. geography

5. economics

6. history

7. government

A. conflict between unlimited desires andlimited resources

B. a legal member of a country

C. the study of people, places, and theenvironment

D. a record of people and events of the past

E. the study of resource management

F. people and groups with authority tomake and carry out laws

G. beliefs, customs, laws, art, and ways ofliving that a group of people share

democracy

dance

location

region

scarcity

past events

religion

laws

capital resources

primary sources

Geography Government Economics Culture History

8.

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Reading Skill and StrategyReading Skill: Draw ConclusionsSometimes when you read, you have to figure out things that the writerdoesn’t tell you. This skill is called drawing conclusions. Read “DifferentPlaces, Different Cultures.”

What statement can you make about the people in a region? Write youranswer in the bottom box.

Reading Strategy: Summarize2. Read “The World’s Culture Regions.” Put a checkmark (√) next to the

best summary of the section.

Regions may contain other cultures besides the dominantculture.

The Spanish and Portuguese languages dominate the LatinAmerica region.

Multicultural regions are located in the southern hemisphere.

3. Read “The World’s Culture Regions.” Complete the followingstatement to summarize the section.

For many years, culture regions have borrowed culture

traits from one another. Advances in transportation have

.



1.

The people sharea similar history.

The people sharea commonlanguage.

The people growand eat similarfoods.

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Vocabulary and Study GuideVocabulary

1. Draw a line from each vocabulary word to the correct example. Thereare two examples you will not use.

Study GuideWrite the letter of the best answer in each blank.

2. An area of the world in which people have religion, technology, and ways ofearning a living in common is called

A. a culture trait. B. a culture region. C. a Hindu region.

3. The Spanish and Portuguese languages help tie together the people of

A. Southeast Asia. B. Latin America. C. North Africa.

4. Islam is the major religion in

A. the United States B. Latin America. C. Southwest Asiaand Canada. and North Africa.

5. Many people in eastern Canada speak

A. French. B. Spanish. C. Portuguese.

6. An example of a multicultural region is one where

A. everyone belongs B. everyone speaks C. people practice manyto a dominant culture. French. different religions.



culture region

the government in two or more countries

interdependence

Latin America

the Spanish language

countries depending on each other for oil andfood

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Skillbuilder: Read a Time Zone Map

CHAPTER 1Name Date


Montana

Utah

Arizona

Colorado

Wyoming

New Mexico

Texas

Houston

Los Angeles

Seattle

Boston

New York City

Oklahoma

Kansas

Nebraska

Illinois

Missouri

Arkansas

Louisiana

Missis-sippi

North Carolina

VirginiaVirginia

Michigan

Minnesota

WisconsinNew York

Pennsylvania

DelawareWest

Iowa

SouthCarolina

New Jersey

Florida

Indiana

Ohio

Maryland

ConnecticutRhode Island

Georgia

Washington

Oregon

California

Idaho

Nevada

New Hampshire Maine

Massachusetts

Vermont

MountainTime

1:00 P.M.

PacificTime

12:00 P.M.

CentralTime

2:00 P.M.

EasternTime

3:00 P.M.

Chicago

South Dakota

North Dakota

Alabama

Tennessee

Kentucky

TIME ZONE MAP OF THE UNITED STATES

Practice1. Which time zone is Arizona in?

2. When it is 3:00 A.M. in Nevada, what time is it in Florida?

3. When it is 2:00 P.M. in Virginia, what time is it in California?

4. Which states are located in both the Central and Mountain Time zones?

ApplyLet’s say you live in California. You board an airplane at 10:00 A.M. PacificTime. Four hours later you land in Baltimore, Maryland. What time would it

be when you arrive in Baltimore?

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Reading Skill and StrategyReading Skill: Compare and ContrastThis skill helps you see how two elements are similar and different.

As you read the section “Location and Place,” complete the diagram below.In the left ring, write a trait of absolute location. In the right ring, write a traitof relative location. In the section shared by both, write one trait they have incommon.

Reading Strategy: Predict/Infer4. Look over “Location and Place.” Put a checkmark (√) next to

something you might learn in this section.

Geographers study people’s cultures.

Geographers study processes that change Earth’s surface.

Geographers locate places on Earth using latitude andlongitude.

5. Look over “Region and Movement” and the “Human Migration” map.What is one thing you think this section may tell you? Complete thesentence.

Problems for humans in one place may cause them

.

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Relative location3.

Absolute location1.

Both2.

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Name Date


Vocabulary and Study GuideVocabularyWrite the letter of the term that best completes each sentence.

1. My school is located near the library. This is my school’s .

2. The of my house is its exact position on Earth.

3. Imaginary lines that run east and west and are parallel to the equator

are called lines of .

4. Imaginary lines that run between the North and South Poles are lines

of .

5. Sometimes people from one area to another because of

work opportunities.

6. A(n) is a large landmass.

Study GuideWrite the term from the list below that best completes each sentence.

7. The is one of the ten natural

regions of the world.

8. The of the United States is

north of Mexico and south of Canada.

9. The movement of people from farms to cities is an example of

.

CHAPTER 2, LESSON 1

migration tundra relative location

A. absolute location C. latitude E. continent

B. longitude D. migrate F. relative location

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Skillbuilder: Read Latitude andLongitude

CHAPTER 2Name Date


Toronto

BerlinMoscow

TokyoDelhi

Beijing

Brisbane

Cairo

Cape Town

Kinshasa

RiyadhJerusalem

Dallas

Mexico City

Equator

London

Quito

BuenosAires

Rio de Janiero

ParisNew York

Washington, D.C.

RUSSIA

USA

MEXICO

CANADA

BRAZIL

AUSTRALIA

CHINA

INDIA

0°

0°

20°S

20°N

40°S

40°N

60°S

80°N

80°S

60°N

40°E40°W80°W120°W160°W 80°E 120°E 160°E

N

MAP OF THE WORLD

PracticeThe chart below shows degrees of latitude and longitude, or coordinates,of some major cities. Find the coordinates on the map and write thenames of the cities to complete the chart.

ApplyPlay “Where in the World Am I?” with a partner. Choose a place on themap. Name the coordinates (latitude and longitude). Have your partneruse the map to tell where you are.

Place Latitude Longitude

0°S 78°W

49°N 2°E

30°N 32°E

33°S 19°E

41°N 73°W

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Reading Skill and StrategyReading Skill: Problem and SolutionThis skill helps you see problems some people face and how they resolvethem.

Read “Maps and Globes.” Read each problem related to maps and globes.Then write a solution in the box to the right of the arrow.

Reading Strategy: Predict and Infer3. Look over the section called “Maps and Globes.” Write an inference

you can make from the section. Complete the sentence aboutgeographers.

Geographers use tools such as

.

4. Look at the pictures at the bottom of page 38. Write an inference youcan make just by looking at the pictures.

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1.

Problem Solution

Globes are difficult to carry around.

2.

Problem Solution

The Mercator projection map hasdistortions.

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Vocabulary and Study GuideVocabularyWrite the term that best completes each sentence.

1. A population map is an example of a .

2. A way of looking at Earth’s curved surface on a flat map is called a

.

3. A makes detailed maps of the world.

Study GuideWrite the term that best completes each sentence.

Ancient Maps and Modern Maps

4. An ancient Babylonian map of the known world was drawn on

.

5. Cartographers today use tools such as images from outer space and

to help them represent the world.

Maps and Globes

6. Globes have an advantage over maps because they are more

.

7. Maps have an advantage over globes because they are more

.

Road Maps and Nautical Maps

8. A road map is a thematic map that can help you find your way on

.

9. A nautical map can help you find your way through air and over

.



cartographer thematic map map projection

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