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Maps SEE ALSO

▸ ▸ Compass p.70
▸ ▸ Explorers p.96
A map is a detailed picture of what the ground looks like ▸ ▸ Measuring p.159
from above, as if you were flying over it. Maps tell us how ▸ ▸ Exploration
big an area is and what can be found there. Maps can be of pp.180–181

anything, from the whole world to the insides of buildings. ▸ ▸ Navigation p.182
▸ ▸ Transportation
pp.258–259
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2
3
Using a map 4 This shows
We can use a map to A N Key which direction
work out the height Road the top of the
map is pointing
of the land, to follow W E toward. This
roads and railroads, River is usually north,
or to find our way to S or “N.”
a hospital or school. Footpath
B
Railroad

The map is Railroad station
divided into
a grid with
squares for C Bridge
different areas. A key shows
which real-life
Castle features the
map’s lines
and symbols
represent.
Campsite

D
Hospital
The scale bar Symbols
shows the are used
real-life distance Nature reserve for different
between points features, such
on the map.
E as buildings
School and campsites.
0 km / O miles
1 km / 0.62 miles
Sports center

Forest

Ancient maps
Maps were less accurate in The end of
the past. This 2,500-year-old paper maps?
stone map shows how people Paper maps are still around
in Babylon (modern-day Iraq) today, but fewer people use
saw the world. them. Most cars now have GPS
to guide the driver, and digital
maps can be viewed on mobile
Babylon is shown phones or laptops.
at the center of Phone map
the world.

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