1. Where People Live By: Miss Ward June 27, 2007 http://www.spacetoday.org/images/SolSys/Earth/EarthBlueMarbleWestTerraSat.jpg

2. What do you use a map for? To find many places on Earth. To find many places on Earth. streetstreet citycity statestate countrycountry continentcontinent http://www.imaginon.org/images/streetMapBig01.gif http://www.york-tourism.co.uk/information/img/York-City-Map.gif

3. Key Vocabulary state: A part of a country country: An area of land with its own people and laws. symbol: A picture or an object that stands for something. globe: A model of Earth continent: A large area of land. location: The place where something is. map: A picture that shows locations. http://wwp.greenwichmeantime.com/images/usa/california.jpg

4. Finding Where You Are A location is the place were something is. A map is a picture that shows locations. Maps can show many kinds of places like states? Some maps show countries. A country is an area of land with its own people and laws. Lines on a map show borders. A border is where a state or country ends. Can you find where you live on the map? http://www.epa.gov/enviro/gif/us_map.gif

5. Use a Globe We live on Earth. You can use a globe to find places on Earth. A globe is a model of Earth. A map is flat, but a globe is round. It shows what Earth looks like from space. Like a map is shows locations. Each large area of land is a continent. Each large body of water is an ocean. How many oceans and continents do you see? http://www.evl.uic.edu/pape/data/Earth/1024/BigEarth.jp g

6. Works Cited http://www.spacetoday.org/images/SolSys/ Earth/EarthBlueMarbleWestTerraSat.jpghttp://www.spacetoday.org/images/SolSys/ Earth/EarthBlueMarbleWestTerraSat.jpg http://www.evl.uic.edu/pape/data/Earth/10 24/BigEarth.jpghttp://www.evl.uic.edu/pape/data/Earth/10 24/BigEarth.jpg http://www.epa.gov/enviro/gif/us_map.gif http://wwp.greenwichmeantime.com/image s/usa/california.jpghttp://wwp.greenwichmeantime.com/image s/usa/california.jpg