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Atlas A book of maps and facts about geography. The Complete Library Skills-Grade 5

Atlas Vocabulary: Legend and symbols: The legend helps you read a map. Will tell you what the colored areas mean The scale or how many km or miles – it is marked of on a number line

Map Symbols

Vocabulary cont. Index: will tell you were in the atlas you will find the place you are looking for.

Types of Maps: 1.Relief-show physical geography

2.Political Map- shows by a color plan countries, boundaries, and principal and capital cities.

3. Economic Map- shows were products are grown and where various industries are.

Examples of other maps include: A. Climate

Other maps cont. B. Biodiversity

Other Maps. cont. C. Precipitation

Other Maps cont. D. Transportation

E. Tectonic plates

F. Volcanic Activity and Earthquakes

References Turrell, Linda. The Complete Library Skills-Grade 5. Mineappolis, Minnesota. T.S. Denison & Company Inc. Google images http://images.google.com/images?um=1&hl=en&rlz=1T4ADBR_enSV295SV296&q=maps