Map My Country

Map My Country book cover — CONTENTS Page 4 What Is a Map Words that look like this can be found in the glossary on page 24 Page 6 Using a Map Page 8 Map Legend Page 10 Scale Page 12 Different Maps Page 14 Mapping a Country Page 16 How Do We Use Country Maps Page 18 Using a Grid Page 20 Map Activity Page 24 Glossary and Index

Map My Country — page 1 — United States of America WHAT IS A MAP A map is a picture that gives us information about an area It can help us learn about an area or figure out how to get to a certain location A map can show us a lot of different things For example a map of a country can show roads cities or rivers 4 The red lines on this map show roads The blue lines show rivers

Map My Country — page 2 — Countries on Earth Maps are drawings of real places Some maps are printed on paper Other maps are viewed on screens These are called digital maps A map has a title This helps the person who is reading it figure out what is on the map This digital map shows the countries on Earth 5

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