Marks the Spot
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The SchulMart map reading page… all roads lead to SchulMart!
Welcome to S Marks the Spot! This page has map reading skills and geography information to help you prepare for your first test. Use the resources, information, and review games to help you study!
What do you call a map of cats? A purr-jection!
What’s a map’s favorite dance move? The Continental Drift!
What’s a map’s favorite flower? A compass rose!
I got an e-mail saying “At Google Earth, we can even read maps backwards”, and I thought... “That’s just spam!”
Map Skills
Parts of a map and map symbols
Latitude and longitude explained
Latitude and longitude practice page
Latitude and longitude review game #1
Latitude and longitude review game #2 (video to show you how to play it)
Hemispheres review and practice
Jonathan found this cool site which shows you how maps can distort size
Access an online world atlas here
Check out the geography of space with this SchulMart brand page!
How to make your own google map and customize it
Google maps tutorials for customizing your google maps
Wanna see something cool? Click HERE and you can see how the earth changed over millions of years at a particular location!... even your own house!
Types of Maps
Helper Pages:
This map shows you how distorted maps can be. The dark blue is the actual size and the light blue shows you how big it looks when stretched out on a rectangular map.
Physical Map
Physical Map
Physical map of South Carolina, from WorldAtlas
Political Map
Political Map
Political map showing the four districts of Fort Mill, SC
Thematic Map
Thematic Map
Thematic map showing which fast food places are in which European countries
The SchulMart video above shows examples of thematic maps of North Carolina. The one below shows thematic maps of Uruguay, which are labeled in Spanish.
Five Themes of Geography
5 Themes of Geography defined and explained
Relative vs Absolute Location video
More about push and pull factors
Examples of the 5 themes used in class
5 Themes reading passages are found here!
Earth Geography: Continents & Oceans
Overview of all continents and oceans
Click on each continent to find out more about them!
Clickable maps of continents - learn about the countries: North America | South America | Europe | Asia | Africa | Australia
Can you identify all continents and oceans? Test yourself with this review game!
Continents & Oceans map quiz game
SchulMart Brand Geography
Note: You do not need to log into the Academia site to see the content. Just give it a second to load and then scroll down (perhaps a bunch)!
North Carolina Geography | español
Philippines Geography (explains all five themes!)
SchulMart Brand Review Games
Jackson's Vocabulary 1 Blooket
Vincent's Continents & Oceans Blooket
Divyanka's Continents & Oceans Blooket
Be sure to check out more review items in the SchulMart Arcade!!!
Need to see more about rock layers and plate tectonics? Check out SchulMart Rocks!
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