What Is a Map Legend?

🌍Mission Brief #5

A globe is a round model of Earth.

🎯 Your mission

Connect the place to the people.

⚡ The twist

Borders move. Mountains don't.

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Mind = Blown

🤯 Russia spans 11 time zones. You could leave on Monday and arrive on Tuesday without traveling for a day.

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Then & Now

🌍 Where things are still decides who gets what.

A globe is a round model of Earth. It shows all the continents and oceans. A globe is more accurate than a flat map because Earth is round.

Key Facts

A compass rose shows directions.

Maps help us find places.

Globes show the whole Earth.

Check Your Understanding

Question 1

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Which direction is usually at the top of a map?

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Why this still matters

Every label on the food in your kitchen says where it traveled from.

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Stretch Challenge

Try this in real life this week.

Pull up a map and find a country you've never heard of. Look up one fact.

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For the dinner table

“If you could live anywhere on Earth, where would it be — and why?”

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