How to Read the Maps PDF

A map is a drawing that gives an HOW TO READ instant impression of a place. The...

A map is a drawing that gives an HOW TO READ instant impression of a place. The maps in this book show many of the THE MAPS world’s countries plotted with rivers, mountains, forests, and plains. Picture symbols Picture features Capital Bordering countries You will find picture symbols of a country’s Pictures with text pick out a A country’s capital city is Around the edges of the produce, industry, sports, and activities country’s special features, marked with a red outline map you can see all the plotted on each country map. Look at the including historic sites, animals, bordering countries key to find what each symbol means and natural wonders BE DOM Ch Lille LG D KING Tun anne IUM ITE FRANCE ne l l UN Calais World War I EL NN Memorial, Vimy CHA LUXEM Flag EN GLISH France is known worldwide for its food, wine, This medieval tapestry Lens On every country, you’ll BO shows the story of the and beautiful countryside. Today, most French Norman conquest of find the country’s flag England in 1066 people live in towns and cities. France is highly Rouen Reims This monument is in me industrialized and has one of the fastest train all the Canadians who l Eiffel networks, the TGV. The arts, such as painting, Bayeaux Se Tower lives in World War I (19 Tapestry ine and sports, particularly cycling, are very popular. People can walk to Le Havre History and culture the abbey and houses on this island during Completed in 1889, this iron Paris These photographs low tides Mont St. tower is 1,063 ft (324 m) tall, Michel show historical and including the TV antenna that was added to the top cultural features About 3,000 big stones were placed in rows at this that are unique to ancient site more than Le Mans 5,000 years ago This is the largest that country and grandest château in the Loire Orléans Dijon Art Rennes Dijon is famous for its mustard, Millions of people visit which was first France’s museums every Carnac Nantes L o i re Château de Chambord made there year to see paintings and stones in 1856 These sculptures by artists such on mo Places of interest as Claude Monet and These photographs Monet FRANCE Water Lilies, by Auguste Rodin. Saône zoom in on a city, building, or landscape Loire châteaux Volcanoes in this nature park last The Loire Valley is famous erupted 6,000 years ago and show where it for its 42 châteaux, or large Lyon is on the map country houses. Château de L A Chenonceau sits across the Cher River AT Volcans d’Auvergne R T on a row of arches. N CE OC LA IF MASS NT EA Humans painted horses and wild cattle on cave walls more The Romans built this N IC than 17,000 years ago aqueduct bridge to transport St. Étienne Produce Lascaux caves water across the river our! Close-up photographs Do BonHjello rdog ne show food, drink, and G a ro Pont du Gard we r other goods that a Cheese and wine nne Périgord Millau fl o n Bordeaux truffles Avignon country produces Su More than 400 different cheeses are made Viaduct in France. Almost every area has its own type, Bears from Slovenia These edible fungi The world’s highest bridge is Rhône were moved to the sell for hundreds 1,125 ft (343.0 m), even ranging from soft cheeses, such as Camembert, Pyrenees after the of dollars a pound. taller than the Eiffel Tower to hard and even blue cheeses. France also last local bear died Cam produces some of the world’s best wines, in 2006 hor made from the juice of black or white grapes. Toulouse Page numbers Sunflowers are also grown in the south. Flamingos Montpellier Their seeds are pressed to make oil. The color of the circle Brown bear matches the continent S SCALE PYR ENEE opener and tells you 0 50 miles 100 miles Flamingos sieve salt water through their Gra which continent you 58 bills to feed on tiny se e che Perpignan pe SPAIN animals and plants ert 0 s are in Came mb 100 kilometers ANDORRA US_058_059_France.indd All Pages Language Scale Cities Rivers You will find speech bubbles The scale indicates the size of the Towns and cities featured A country’s most 4 that say “Hello” or “Good-bye” in country and the distances between on the map are marked important rivers are the country’s main language different points on the map with a blue outline shown on each map  E AN C OC Country borders NORTH ARCTI New York SEA The city of New York is BE G IN AMERICA U the largest in the US. A R FO E Many people who live RT B SEA here travel from the Borders suburbs to work in the ALASKA The landscape of North America ranges from the icy, (UNITED STATES) high-rise office buildings of Manhattan in the snow-covered wilderness of northern Canada to the center of the city. The borders between tropical countries of Central America and the sunny islands of the Caribbean. In between are vast areas of Yukon Territory Nunavut open grasslands, steep mountains, and hot, dry deserts. Northwest countries are shown with Territories New foun dla nd Rocky Mountains &L a red broken line. ab ra This dramatic mountain range CANADA do r British Columbia is one of the longest in the world. It stretches more than Saskatchewan Alberta Manitoba 3,000 miles (4,800 km) from Québec Prince ST. PIERRE British Columbia in Canada Edward Island & MIQUELON down through the US until (FRANCE) Ontario Bru New tia nsw it reaches New Mexico. Sco ick va AN No Maine Disputed borders Washington Verm Montana OCE North New Hampshire Minnes Dakota ont Massachusetts Oregon York Rhode Island ota IFIC South Wisconsin Michigan New Some countries disagree Connecticut Wyoming Idaho Dakota Pennsylvania New Jersey PA C UN Iowa ITE Nebraska Ohio Delaware Indi D S TA Vir West ana Illinois TES ia Maryland gin about where the border Nevada OF AMER ICA (USA) Virginia Caribbean beach Cal Hawaiian volcanoes Utah Kentucky With white sand and warm blue waters, ifo Colorado Kansas Missouri North Carolina rnia BERMUDA Hawaii is known for its rugged, many of the islands of the Caribbean Compass Tennessee (UNITED KINGDOM) New Mexico volcanic landscape. It is home to Oklahoma Arkansas South Carolina are huge tourist attractions. between them should be. Arizona Mississippi two active volcanoes: Kilauea Alabama HAWAII Georgia (UNITED STATES) and Mauna Loa. AT L A N T I C O C E A N The compass always points These borders are shown Texas Louisiana Flo O BRITISH XIC rid a VIRGIN ISLANDS ME BA ANGUILLA (UNITED KINGDOM) HA (UNITED KINGDOM) north (N) in line with the map F MA ST. KITTS & NEVIS O S PUERTO RICO with a dotted line. F (UNITED STATES) ANTIGUA & BARBUDA L MONTSERRAT (UNITED KINGDOM) Mexico City CUBA U US VIRGIN DOMINICA G Monument Valley ISLANDS MARTINIQUE (FRANCE) and also shows the direction of This vibrant, modern city was HAITI M DOMINICAN (UNITED STATES) BARBADOS X REPUBLIC E built on the ruins of an ancient This valley, which is famous for IC ST. LUCIA ST. VINCENT & THE GRENADINES Aztec settlement. It is one of its amazing rock formations, lies on O JAMAICA A GRENADA TRINIDAD & TOBAGO the world’s biggest cities. the border line between the states SE CURACAO A N ARUBA (NETHERLANDS) south (S), east (E), and west (W) BELIZE of Arizona and Utah in the US. B E(NETHERLANDS) RIB LA It has appeared in many UR AS CA MA Hollywood Westerns. N HO ND SCALE TE R NICARAGUA