This document outlines the key topics covered in Unit 1 of a MAPS curriculum, including how the Earth is represented on maps using cardinal points and the compass rose, the different types of maps such as topographic, thematic, and political maps, how to locate places using hemispheres, latitude and longitude, and geographical coordinates, and how map scale is represented through graphic, numeric, and verbal scales to indicate the ratio between distances on a map and in real life.

1. Unit 1 MAPS

2. 1- How is the Earth represented?

4. Cardinal points

5. Path of the sun

6. Compass

7. Activity
Exercise 1 on page 7.

8. 2- What types of maps are there?
Physical maps

9. Physical maps
Topographic maps

10. Thematic maps

11. Political maps

12. Main features of a map

13. Activities
Exercises 1 and 2 on page 9.

14. 3- How do we locate places on
maps?

16. Hemispheres

17. Latitude and longitude

19. Geographical coordinates

20. Activities
Exercise 1 on page 11.

21. 4- How do we represent scale on a
map?
Graphic or bar scale

22. 4- How do we represent scale on a
map?
Numeric or written scale
1/100 -> 1 cm on the map is 100 cm on the
ground, so it is 1 metre.
1/2000 -> 1 cm on the map is 2000 cm on the
ground (20 metres)

23. Activities
Exercises 1 and 2 on page 12.