<p>ATLAS SKILLS WORKSHEET NAME: ______DATE: ______PERIOD: ______TYPES OF MAPS </p><p>1. What does a Land Cover (Physical) Map primarily show? (see pg after “Contents” p. 3)</p><p>2. What does a Political Map primarily show? (p. 3)</p><p>3. What does an Elevation (Physical) Map primarily show? (p. 4)</p><p>4. What do you think are Thematic Maps? What are some examples of Thematic Maps? (p. 4 )</p><p>MAP SECTIONS 5. Go to the first page of the Europe map section. How many different maps of Europe are there (don’t include pictures in the number)? ______</p><p>6. In what order are the map types within each map section? (look at the titles in yellow boxes)</p><p>INDEX 7. Go to the Index (back of the atlas). The Index organized is in alphabetically order. What information is provided in the index (blue writing at the top)?</p><p>LEGENDS/KEYS On p. 3 find the “Detailed Legend for Land Cover Maps”. 8. How can you tell the difference between a country name and a city name (describe how it is written)?</p><p>9. How can you tell the difference between a regular city and a national capital city name?</p><p>10. What does a small box indicate? ______11. What would the color yellow indicate on a Land Cover map? ______</p><p>12. Go to page 54. What does yellow indicate on the Land Use map of Middle America? ______</p><p>GEOGRAPHICAL FEATURES 13. Go to page 26. Find the Yucatan Peninsula (near the Gulf of Mexico) and the Florida Peninsula. After comparing both, what is the definition of a peninsula?</p><p>14. Go to page 42. Find the valleys of California. By studying this map, how would you define a Valley? Remember to look at the key in the yellow box on p. 43 to help you answer the question. ABSOLUTE LOCATION: LATITUDE/LONGITUDE </p><p>NOTES/REVIEW: Latitude: Measurement in degrees from the equator. Latitude measures from 0` at the equator to 90`N at the North Pole and from 0` at the equator to 90` S at the South Pole.</p><p>Longitude: Measurement in degrees from the Prime Meridian (goes through Greenwich, England.) Longitude measures from 0` at the Prime Meridian to 180` West and from 0’ at the Prime Meridian to 180` East, meeting at the International Date Line. </p><p>15. Where could you look in the atlas to find out how the absolute location for a particular place is properly written (hint look at #7)? ______Look there to find the absolute location of San Diego: (Lat. Number Direction, Long. Number Direction) ( ______, ______)</p><p>16. Go to page 52. What would the Latitude of Mexico City be? a. 19` W b. 19` N c. 21` W d. 21` N </p><p>17. What would the Longitude of Mexico City be? p. 52 a. 101` N b. 99` W c. 101` W d. 99` N </p><p>18. Go to page 70. Using this map, figure out the Latitude and Longitude of Paris, France. Be sure to write it correctly. (______, ______)</p><p>19. Now find the Absolute Location (Lat./Long.) of 2 places you have already visited or 2 places you would like to visit. ______</p>