Maps and Globes

Maps and Globes

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Imagine you are on a camping trip with your family. You need to find the place where you are going to camp. You're in the mountains and phones don't work there. What might you use to find your way?

• map

• globe

• cell phone charger

• trees

You might use a map! Maps are pictures of a place on Earth. These pictures are printed or drawn on something flat, like a big piece of paper. Maps can help you find your way. Different maps can show you different things. Some maps may show you the roads and rivers near a mountain. Some maps may show you where different towns and cities are. Other maps may even show you where different countries and oceans are!

Maps let you see all the places in the world at the same time. 

Globes give you a better picture of what our round planet looks like from space. 

Maps and globes help you see the world in different ways!

Where are you? Maps and globes can help you answer that question. But maps and globes are different.  Maps are flat. Globes are round.

Maps

A map is a flat picture of a place. A map is easy to carry. You can fold a map and put it in your pocket.

More about Maps!

Maps are pictures with information about places. People use many kinds of maps.

Some maps show a country and its parts. For example, a United States map would show all fifty states. It would also show capital cities.

Even More about Maps!

Other maps may show streets and roads in cities or towns. People use these maps to find their way.

Many maps show where water and land can be found. The color blue is often used for rivers and lakes. Brown or green is used to show land.

Weather maps show the weather in a place. Different colors or symbols stand for rain, snow, or sunny weather.

Globe

A globe is a big round ball that shows you the world. You can spin a globe around. You can find the Earth's oceans on a globe. You can find the Earth's countries on a globe.

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What are maps drawn on?

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Which shape is a globe?

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This passage compares maps and globes. Which of the two is big and round like a ball?

• a globe

• a map

• both maps and globes

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What is the same about both maps and globes?

• They help you see the world.

• They can be folded and put in your pocket.

• They show you what our planet looks like from space.

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What can maps show you?

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Round globes are better at showing the shape of a place, but flat maps are better at showing all the places in the world at the same time. Which part of the passage tells us that this is true?

• “Maps let you see all the places in the world at the same time. Globes give you a better picture of what our round planet looks like from space.”

• “Maps are flat. Globes are round.”

• “Maps and globes help you see the world in different ways.”

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What is the text mainly about?

• the similarities and differences between maps and globes

• how to use maps and globes to find places on Earth

• what the world looks like from space