SHARJAH INDIAN SCHOOL

GRADE-3 (girls wing) SUBJECT:UAE SST

NOTES:Lesson 6 Reading a map
NOTES: LESSON 2:Reading Maps ,Latitude and Longitude
Lesson 7 Using longitude & latitude on a map
LESSON 3:Different Kinds of Maps
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I. NEW WORDS:

1.Latitude 6.Meridian
2.Longitude 7.Grid
3.Parallels 8.Population
4.Equator 9.Density
5.Hemisphere 10.Political

II.FILL IN THE BLANKS:

1.The end points of the earth are called poles.

2.The imaginary lines running from east to west around the earth are called Latitudes.

3.The Prime Meridian passes through Greenwich.

4.To locate place on the earth ,we must know its longitude and latitude.

5.Meridians are also known as longitude.

6.The equator represents 0° latitude.

7.The political map shows the location of the countries in the world.

III.NAME THE FOLLOWING:

Q1.The portion of the earth lying above the Equator

Ans) Northern Hemisphere

Q2.The longest latitude

Ans) Equator

Q3.The map that tells the average rainfall of a location

Ans) Rainfall Map

Q4.Measurement of distance in degrees north or south of the equator
Ans)latitude

Q5.The map that shows how many people live in 1 square kilometre

Ans)Population Density Map

ACTIVITY: Stick the pictures of the different symbols on the maps and name them.