Young geographers will need to use a variety of map skills to complete the tasks required on this worksheet. Examples of activities include using references to label a map of Mexico, identify Canadian territories and European countries, and naming countries and climates of South America.

Concepts

european countries, south american geography, canadian geography, mexico, map scales, map skills, atlases, map symbols

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Additional Tags

social studies

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Instructional Ideas

• Provide and explore a few different types of references that learners can utilize for geography, such as an atlas or online resource, prior to assigning this worksheet

Classroom Considerations

• This resource is more of an assessment, and learners should already have knowledge of how to use an atlas and identify particular geographic features before beginning worksheet

Pros

• Incorporates variety of world regions
• Activities range from labeling country names to using map scales

Cons

• No answer key included; however, the process of creating an answer key for this resource should not be too time-consuming

Common Core

RI.5.4 RI.5.7 RH.6-8.4 RH.6-8.7