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Understanding Mental Maps: Navigating the World in Our Minds

A mental map is an internal representation of the world that helps us navigate and understand our environment. Everyone has a mental map, but some are more detailed than others. Mental maps help us find our way to familiar places, understand geographic relationships, and carry out daily activities like shopping or commuting. We can develop and refine our mental maps by comparing them with atlases, using reference points, or considering geographic and human characteristics of locations. Sharp mental maps enhance our understanding of world events.

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Understanding Mental Maps: Navigating the World in Our Minds

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  1. Mental Maps

  2. What Is A Mental Map? • A mental map is a map in your mind. We all have mental maps but some are more refined than others. We all have a mental map of the world. Some people know more countries but we should all know basic things like where the continents are in relation to each other.

  3. Do You Need A Map To… • Find your way to the bus stop in the morning? • Go to the bathroom in school? • Get around Seaford? • Find countries such as Iraq, China, and Russia?

  4. People Use Mental Maps … • To carry out daily activities such as shopping and going to school or work. • Give directions to other people. • Understand world events.

  5. Ways Mental Maps Can Be Developed & Refined A. Comparing sketch maps to maps in atlases or other resources. B. Describing the location of places in terms of reference points. C. Describing the location of places in terms of geographic features and land forms. D. Describing the location of places in terms of the human characteristics of a place.

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