Content (Students will know...)

• map symbols using a legend
• seven continents
• boundaries of US, Canada, Mexico
• five world oceans
• five major rivers
• six major mountain ranges
• difference between continent and country

Essential Vocabulary

Country- a nation with its own government with defined borders

Continent- land mass

Globe- a map in the shape of a sphere

Map- a picture or chart that shows a place; can include rivers, mountains, continents, etc.

Compass Rose- design on a map that shows direction. It points which way is North, South, East and West

Legend/Key- small table that explains the symbols used on a map

Map symbol- a picture used to represent words

River- a large, flowing body of water that usually empties into a sea or ocean

Ocean- a large body of salt water that surrounds a continent

Mountain- an area of land that rises very high above the land around it