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Knowledge
Students know:
- Vocabulary associated with maps and globes.
- How to use cardinal and intermediate directions to locate an area in Alabama or the world on a map or globe.
- How to locate physical and cultural regions and geographical features on a map or globe of an area in Alabama or the world.
- How to locate points on a grid using coordinates.
- How to use a scale to determine distance.
- How to use legends, labels, and symbols to locate physical and cultural regions on an Alabama or world map.
- How to describe the use of geospatial technologies.
- How to interpret information on thematic maps.
Skills
Student are able to :
- Use a map or globe to locate specific geographical features.
- Use cardinal and intermediate directions.
- Use labels, symbols and legends on a map.
- Use a map scale to determine distance.
- Use geospatial technologies.
- Use geographical terms associated with maps and globes.
- Locate coordinates on a grid.
- Interpret thematic maps.
Understanding
Students understand that:
- Geographical information can be used to locate an area in Alabama or the world on a map or globe.
Vocabulary
- physical regions
- cultural regions
- geospatial technologies
- thematic maps
- megalopolis
- landlocked
