The document is classroom instructions from a social studies teacher for a 9th grade map reading activity. It contains two parts: 1) students are instructed to place 8 geographic items on a map, and 2) students are to mark a chart indicating whether each of 12 geographic items would be found on a physical map or political map, and specify what type of item it is.

1. Teacher: Mauricio Torres Name: ……………………………
Course: 9th EGB Section: ………………………..
Subject: Social Studies Date: April ……… 2012
Activity: Map Reading
CLASSWORK
General Instructions:
READ CAREFULLY ALL THE QUESTIONS FIRST, BEFORE ASKING ANYTHING!
1. Place the following items on the map (open your book on page 509 for help)
a.- Mount Kilimanjaro b.- The Red Sea c.- Lake Tanganyika
d.- Atlas Mountains e.- The Sahel f.- The Congo Basin
g.- Nile river h.- African Horn
2. Mark on the chart, which item belongs to each column. On the last column,
write what kind of item it is (city, country, lake, mountain, river, basin, etc)
Item Physical Map Political Map
LakeVictoria
Rwanda
Nile
Congo
Kilimanjaro
Angola
Johannesburg
Atlas
Nigeria
Zambezi
African Horn
Tripoli
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