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UNIT 1. OUR WORLD.
Questions to study the unit.
1. What is the name of our world?
The Earth
2. What shape does our planet have?
It’s a sphere.
3. What is an atlas?
It’s a book of maps.
4. What is a globe?
It’s a map that is a sphere like the earth but smaller.
5. What’s the name of a flat representation of all the oceans and continents?
A world map.
6. What’s the name of the point at the top of the Earth?
The North Pole.
7. What’s the name of the point at the bottom of the Earth?
The South Pole.
8. What is the Earth’s axis?
It’s an imaginary line that goes from the North Pole to the South Pole,
through the centre of the Earth.
9. What is the Equator?
It’s an imaginary line that goes around the middle of the Earth and
divides it in two parts.
10. What are the names of the two parts that the Equator divides the Earth
into?
The Northern Hemisphere and the Southern Hemisphere.
11. What are the cardinal points?
North, South, East and West.
12. What are the intermediate points?
North-East (NE), South-East (SE), North-West (NW) and South-
West (SW).
13. Where does the needle on a compass always point?
To the North.
14. What can we use during the day to find the cardinal points?
The Sun.
15. If our right hand point to where the sun rises it points to what cardinal
point?
To the East.
16. What can we use during the day to find the cardinal points?
The Pole Star.
17. If we face the Pole Start we are facing which cardinal point?
The North.
18. What are maps?
Maps are smaller representations of a place and they have a scale.
19. What is a relief map?
A map that shows high land (brown), low land (green) and rivers (blue).
20.What is a political map?
A map that shows the borders of a country and its different regions.
21. What is the key in the maps?
It’s all the symbols that help you to interpret the map.
22. What is transport map?
A map that shows the roads and their names.
23. What is a street map?
It’s a map of a town or a city.
24. What is a plan?
It’s a representation of a room or a building.
25. What do we use a scale for?
To find out the real distance between places.
26. What is the meaning of these symbols?
Airport
Hospital
Bus stop
Litter
Gas station
Information
point
Parking
Restaurant
Restroom
Supermarket

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Técnicas de estudio Social Unit 1

  • 1. UNIT 1. OUR WORLD. Questions to study the unit. 1. What is the name of our world? The Earth 2. What shape does our planet have? It’s a sphere. 3. What is an atlas? It’s a book of maps. 4. What is a globe? It’s a map that is a sphere like the earth but smaller. 5. What’s the name of a flat representation of all the oceans and continents? A world map. 6. What’s the name of the point at the top of the Earth? The North Pole. 7. What’s the name of the point at the bottom of the Earth? The South Pole. 8. What is the Earth’s axis? It’s an imaginary line that goes from the North Pole to the South Pole, through the centre of the Earth. 9. What is the Equator? It’s an imaginary line that goes around the middle of the Earth and divides it in two parts. 10. What are the names of the two parts that the Equator divides the Earth into? The Northern Hemisphere and the Southern Hemisphere. 11. What are the cardinal points? North, South, East and West. 12. What are the intermediate points? North-East (NE), South-East (SE), North-West (NW) and South- West (SW). 13. Where does the needle on a compass always point? To the North. 14. What can we use during the day to find the cardinal points? The Sun. 15. If our right hand point to where the sun rises it points to what cardinal point? To the East. 16. What can we use during the day to find the cardinal points? The Pole Star. 17. If we face the Pole Start we are facing which cardinal point? The North.
  • 2. 18. What are maps? Maps are smaller representations of a place and they have a scale. 19. What is a relief map? A map that shows high land (brown), low land (green) and rivers (blue). 20.What is a political map? A map that shows the borders of a country and its different regions. 21. What is the key in the maps? It’s all the symbols that help you to interpret the map. 22. What is transport map? A map that shows the roads and their names. 23. What is a street map? It’s a map of a town or a city. 24. What is a plan? It’s a representation of a room or a building. 25. What do we use a scale for? To find out the real distance between places. 26. What is the meaning of these symbols? Airport Hospital Bus stop Litter Gas station Information point Parking Restaurant Restroom Supermarket