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Unit 1: Maps and importance of maps
 Complete the Kick Start given on page no. 113 of the textbook.
 Answer the following questions in your notebook based on your general knowledge.
1. What do you mean by the word globe?
2. What do you mean by the word map?

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A video on map, lets see it.

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A map is important because it is used to predict and figure out where things are located. Maps can show where streets run in a city. They can show where certain physical features such as mountains and rivers are. They can show what areas of the world make up the territories of the various countries.
*Uses of Map*
Map reading and map drawing are important skills to learn in geography. Maps use symbols like lines and different colours to show features such as rivers, roads, cities or mountains. Maps also help us to know distances so that we know how far away one thing is from another.

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5. Identify the type of map and state the information we get from them, write in your book.(Home Assignment)

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5. Identify the type of map and state the information we get from them, write in your book.(Home Assignment)

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Unit 2: Elements of maps
 If you get a map, can you read and understand it just by looking at it? No, as you need certain things to recognize it.
You may be able to read the names of countries, cities, monuments or streets. But
beyond that it will be difficult to understand what a map has to say unless we are familiar with the elements of maps.
 The elements of maps are the essential features of the map that help us understand and follow the map.
 Remember that it is essential to know the elements of a map in order to read a map.
There are 5 elements of a map:
 Title
 Legend
 Direction
 Scale
 Grid
Now read the information about ‘Title’ given on page no. 115 of the textbook.
 Understand the difference between a physical map and a political map and note it down in your notebook.

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7. DIFFERENCE BETWEEN PHYSICAL AND POLITICAL MAP:-•

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7. DIFFERENCE BETWEEN PHYSICAL AND POLITICAL MAP:-•

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Physical maps are representation of geographical features such as mountains, water bodies, deserts, and forests in a place whereas political maps help to know the borders, states, cities, roads and population of a place.
• Political maps usually mark the major cities and also the major water bodies though they do not mark every water body as physical maps do
• Political maps are flat while physical maps are sometimes three dimensional.
• Physical maps show how a place looks like when viewed from a height and thus contains only physical features while a political map shows how the world has been separated by borders marking different countries.
• Physical maps make use of different colors to depict different relief features such as mountains in brown, water bodies in blue and forests in green.
Political maps are, on the other hand, black and white in color as they just need to mark different boundaries.
The second element of a map is the legend or a key.
 To know about Legend (key) read the information given on
page no. 116 of the textbook.

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8. Watch the Video IV_EVS_Maps and Its Elements_Title and Legend to understand and revise about title and legend.

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8. Watch the Video IV_EVS_Maps and Its Elements_Title and Legend to understand and revise about title and legend.

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After the video answer the following questions in your notebook-
1. What basic information is given by the title of the map?
2.. What does a legend of a map tell us?
3. What do the little peaks on a map indicate?
4. How is a river generally shown on a map?
Read the information given on page number 115 and 116 of the ebook (Text book) and Solve the assessment given on page number 116 of the ebook(TB)

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Unit 3: Elements of maps (Direction and scale)
 The third element of a map is direction.
Direction on a Map

Direction is the way that you have to travel to get from one place or object to another place or object. It's usually measured in terms of compass directions: north, south, east, and west.
 Do you know which instrument we use to find out directions?
Yes, It is a compass.
 Similarly while reading a map we make use of a compass rose shown on one corner of the map.
Read the information about direction given on page no.116 of the textbook.
Read the Did You Know given on page number 116 of the textbook.
Map scale is the relationship between distance on the map and distance in real life. That means that distance on the map always has a constant ratio with distance on the ground.Scale on a map is important in order to give the map reader a sense of size. Maps are just about always smaller than what they really represent, and scale is a way of quantifying how much smaller they are.
(Read the information about scale given on page no. 117 of the textbook.)
Understand the difference between the large scale and small scale maps then write them down in your notebook.
A large scale map only shows a small area, but it shows it in great detail. A map depicting a large area, such as an entire country, is considered a small scale map.  A small scale map shows more territory, but it is less detailed.
There are four cardinal directions or cardinal points: North, South, East, and West, denoted by the initials N, S, E, and W, respectively. On a map, it is common to indicate only the North direction.
 Watch the Video of Direction and Scale to understand and revise about direction and scale.
 After the video answer the following questions in your notebook
1. How are cardinal directions shown on a map?
2. What is the importance of scale of a map?
 Read the information given on page number 116 and 118 of the ebook/TB

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12.   Watch the Video IV_EVS_Maps and Its Elements_Using a Map Grid to understand how a map grid is used.

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12.   Watch the Video IV_EVS_Maps and Its Elements_Using a Map Grid to understand how a map grid is used.

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 Watch the Video IV_EVS_Maps and Its Elements_Grid to revise about grid of a map.

 Solve the assessment given on page number 116 of the ebook.
 Read the information given on page number 116 and 118 of the ebook/TB
. Visit the link given on page number 119 of the ebook.Complete and the Check your progress given on page no.117 of the textbook.

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10.  Complete the Activity given on page no. 119 to see whether you can read a map or no.

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10.  Complete the Activity given on page no. 119 to see whether you can read a map or no.

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The fifth element of a map is grid.
A grid is a network of evenly spaced horizontal and vertical lines used to identify locations on a map. For example, you can place a grid that divides a map into a specified number of rows and columns by choosing the reference grid type.
 Read the information about the grid given on page no. 118 of the textbook.

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 Watch the Video IV_EVS_Maps and Its Elements_Using a Map Gridtounderstand how
a map grid is used.
 Watch the Video IV_EVS_Maps and Its Elements_Grid to revise about grid of a map.
 Complete the Activity given on page no. 119 to see whether you can read a map or not.
 Solve the assessment given on page number 116 of the ebook.
 Read the information given on page number 116 and 118 of the ebook.

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13. Visit the link given on page number 119 of the ebook/TB

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13. Visit the link given on page number 119 of the ebook/TB

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 Complete the Go explore section given on page number 120 of the textbook.
 Complete the questions from the Let’s exercise given on page no. 120 to 122 of the text book.
Draw the concept map in the NB.

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Solve the TB exercises

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17. Solve WB (only ans in NB and if you have received WB write in it only. (page no. 43 to 45) 

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17. Solve WB (only ans in NB and if you have received WB write in it only. (page no. 43 to 45) 

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Maps and its elements( Write in neat and clean handwriting