McVay 6th Grade Spatial Geography

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A map title is

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a subject or topic of the map

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Why is a city near a coastline (next to water) a good manufacturing and port city?

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The workers can ship/trade products easier.

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The scale of a map

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measures distance on a map and compares it to distance on Earth

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A compass rose is used for

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telling directionality on a map

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Physical feature maps show: boundaries of states, countries, territories, and provinces, climate and weather patterns, land forms and boundaries of water, economic activity and resources

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land forms and boundaries of water

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A political map shows

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states, countries, province, territories, and boundaries

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The most populated regions on a continent or country are likely going to be near: big cities with lots of jobs, rural areas with small areas of farmland, deserts with extreme hot dry weather, Tall steep mountains far away from towns or cities

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big cities with lots of jobs

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Looking at the South American Map, what can you tell from the names?

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they were colonized by the Spanish

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Looking at the South American map, which city is likely near a rainforest? Options: Manous, Rio de Janiero, Lima, Bogota

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Manous

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Which continents are part of the Western Hemisphere? Options: North America, South America, part of Africa, part of Antarctica, and part of Europe, Africa and Australia, Europe and Asia, Greenland

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North America, South America, part of Africa, part of Antarctica, and part of Europe