An atlas is a collection of maps arranged alphabetically or by location that provides information about places in the world. It can be used to find where locations are, geographic features like rivers and mountains, what places are called, and directions. People often use an atlas when traveling or going on vacation to an unfamiliar place. Specific information can be found using the table of contents, index, or keywords to locate the place. Atlases contain different types of maps like physical maps showing land features, political maps outlining countries and cities, and economic maps depicting industries and products of regions.

1. ATLAS

2. WHAT IS AN ATLAS ?
- A collection of MAPS or
book of MAPS.
- Arranged alphabetically
or by places of the world.

3. WHAT IS AN ATLAS USED FOR?
INFORMATION:
- Where something is located
such as: country, state, city.
- Geographic formation
(Rivers-Lakes-Mountains).
- What some place is called
- Directions.

4. When do we use an atlas?
Many people use an atlas
when they are going on
vacation on traveling to
another place.

5. How DO YOU
FIND SPECIFIC
INFORMATION IN
AN ATLAS?

6. Using KEYWORDS Search the:
1-Table of contents.
2-Index: will tell you where in the
atlas you will find the place you are
looking for.

7. WHAT ARE SOME
DIFFERENT
TYPES OF MAPS?

8. Types of Maps:
 1.“A physical map uses symbols to
show where mountains, deserts, forests,
and other features of the land are.”

9.  2.“Political maps show places where
people live.”
 shows by a color plan countries,
boundaries, and principal and capital
cities.

10.  3. Economic Map: shows were products
are grown and where various industries
are.

11. 5- Transportation map or a road
map:
 shows where roads and streets are in a
certain place.