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Activity 1 World Outline MapsThe World: Political

PART I Use maps in your textbook or a library to locate the items listed below. Then label them on the outline map.

Continents Large Countries Capital Cities

AfricaAntarcticaAsiaAustraliaEuropeNorth AmericaSouth America

AlgeriaAustraliaBrazil Canada China India Mexico Russia SudanUnited States

AlgiersBeijingBrasíliaCanberraKhartoumMexico City MoscowNew DelhiOttawaWashington, D.C.

PART II After labeling your map, use it to answer the following questions:

1. What continent is also a country? What is its capital?

2. Approximately how far apart are the capitals of the United States and Algeria?

3. How many political entities are in mainland South America?

4. What two continents does Russia span?

5. Critical Thinking: Human Systems What continent contains no countries? Why might that be so?

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MAP ACTIVITY 1 1. Australia; Canberra 2. more than 4,000 miles 3. 13 4. Europe and Asia 5. Antarctica; its environment makes it unin-

habitable for people, who are necessary to form countries.

MAP ACTIVITY 2 1. Pacific Ocean 2. Australia 3. Atlantic Ocean, Indian Ocean,

Mediterranean Sea, Red Sea 4. Gobi, Himalayas 5. Central Africa and the islands of southern

Asia; their climates are probably similar to that of northern South America.

MAP ACTIVITY 3 1. Alaska and Hawaii 2. Toronto 3. about 1,250 miles 4. Vancouver 5. British Columbia and Yukon Territory;

they may have an influence on Alaskan culture and would be of special concern to the United States because they divide Alaska from the continental United States

MAP ACTIVITY 4 1. Rocky Mountains 2. Mississippi River 3. Great Lakes 4. Canadian Shield 5. Answers will vary.

MAP ACTIVITY 5 1. Appalachian Mountains and Rocky

Mountains 2. four; Lake Erie, Lake Huron, Lake

Michigan, Lake Superior 3. seven; Arizona, Kansas, Oklahoma,

Nebraska, New Mexico, Utah, Wyoming 4. distance between Seattle and Miami 5. western—more mountains and desert

areas, fewer waterways; eastern—more coastal plains, waterways; West has drier climate, more rugged terrain than the East

MAP ACTIVITY 6 1. Ontario 2. any five of the following: Baffin Island,

Ellesmere Island, Newfoundland, Prince Edward Island, Vancouver Island, Victoria Island

3. more than 3,600 miles 4. Ontario; seven 5. Based on the distribution of major cities,

most of the population is probably in the south; the northern part of the country is so close to the Arctic that the environment is very difficult for human habitation.

MAP ACTIVITY 7 1. Brazil; 10 2. Bolivia; La Paz and Sucre 3. Ecuador, Colombia, Brazil 4. about 4,600 miles 5. They are landlocked; they are probably

less influenced by coastal activities, such as fishing and sea trade.

MAP ACTIVITY 8 1. Andes Mountains 2. Greater Antilles and Lesser Antilles 3. Rio Grande 4. Amazon Basin and Amazon River 5. about 11,500 miles shorter

MAP ACTIVITY 9 1. Baja California and the Yucatán Peninsula 2. Mexican Plateau 3. three; Gulf of California, Gulf of Mexico,

Gulf of Tehuantepec 4. Southern Mexico is narrower and has

more rivers; northern Mexico is domi-nated by the Mexican Plateau.

5. Acapulco, Cancún, and Cozumel—their coastal locations; Tijuana and Nuevo Laredo—their locations along the U.S.-Mexican border

MAP ACTIVITY 10 1. 10 2. France, the Netherlands, the United

Kingdom, the United States 3. Haiti and the Dominican Republic 4. about 150 miles 5. Panama; it controls the Panama Canal.

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