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Colegio Bilingüe La Asunción Social Science 3º prim. Unit 5 MAPS AND GLOBES
Estefanía López Santos 1
Globes show the Earth as a sphere.
They are more realistic than maps, because the Earth is a sphere.
Unit 5
MAPS AND GLOBES
Social Science Primary 3
Colegio Bilingüe La Asunción
Globes
Colegio Bilingüe La Asunción Social Science 3º prim. Unit 5 MAPS AND GLOBES
Estefanía López Santos 2
Lines of longitude They go vertically around the Earth from the North Pole to the South Pole.
Lines of latitude They go horizontally around the Earth.
Equator It is one latitude line. It divides the Earth into the Northern and the Southern Hemisphere.
Maps show the Earth as flat.
World maps
Colegio Bilingüe La Asunción Social Science 3º prim. Unit 5 MAPS AND GLOBES
Estefanía López Santos 3
PHYSICAL MAPS A physical map shows landforms. Different colours show different areas of elevation. For example:
- Brown represents high mountains.
- Orange represents plateaux.
- Green represents valleys or plains.
Types of maps
Colegio Bilingüe La Asunción Social Science 3º prim. Unit 5 MAPS AND GLOBES
Estefanía López Santos 4
COUNTRY - CAPITAL CITY
• Spain --------- Madrid
• Portugal ------ Lisbon
• France ------- Paris
• Italy --------- Rome
• Ireland ------ Dublin
• Germany ---- Berlin
• Greece ------ Athens
• UK (United Kingdom) – London
POLITICAL MAPS A political map shows countries and capital cities with different colours.
Types of maps
Colegio Bilingüe La Asunción Social Science 3º prim. Unit 5 MAPS AND GLOBES
Estefanía López Santos 5
It is a map of a town or city.
• They show the names of streets, roads, parks, hospitals or rivers.
• Symbols on the map represent important buildings and places in the city.
• We can see the meaning of these symbols looking at the key.
Street maps
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