Worksheets on Locating Places on a Map -Geography and History

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WORKSHEETS

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Locating Places

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Map

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Fact sheet

Pre-requisite knowledge/skills:

• Locating places on a map with the help of a grid

Learning outcomes: The students will be able to:

• Explain the earth grid

• Locate places on the map of India

Earth Grid: The longitudes and the longitudes form a network on the earth’s surface which helps us in locating places on the map.

Example: Locating places using the grid. Delhi is located at 28.38 N and 77.12 E.

28.38 N means 28.38 degrees latitude, north to the equator, and

21.42 E means 21.42 degrees longitude, east to the prime meridian.

Locate the latitude and the longitude on the margins of the map, and draw line extending from these points.

The point where these two lines meet on the grid gives us the location of Delhi.



Exercise 1

1) On the given map of India join the corresponding latitudes and longitudes, and make a grid.



Answer sheet: The latitudes and longitude should be curved, not straight lines



Exercise 2

1) On the map of India locate the following cities:

a) Agra: 27°17'N 77°58'E b) Mumbai :18°55'N 72°50'Ec) Surat : 21°12'N 72°55'E d) Amritsar: 31°35'N 74°57'Ee) Kolkata: 22°36'N 88°24'E f) Meerut: 29°01'N 77°42'Eg) Chennai: 13°08'N 80°19'E h) Goa: 15°33'N 73°59'Ei) Mausulipatnam: 17°45'N

83°20'Ej) Calicut: 11°15'N 75°43'E



Worksheet 3

In the map of India mark the grid where the following cities are located.

1. Agra: 27°17'N 77°58'E

2. Surat : 21°12'N 72°55'E

3. Kolkata: 22°36'N 88°24'E

4. Chennai: 13°08'N 80°19'E

5. Mausulipatnam: 17°45'N 83°20'E

6. Mumbai :18°55'N 72°50'E

7. Amritsar: 31°35'N 74°57'E

8. Meerut: 29°01'N 77°42'E

9. Goa: 15°33'N 73°59'E

10.Calicut: 11°15'N 75°43'E



Worksheet 4

1) In the map of India name 5 cities each of the

a) Eastern coast

b) Western coast

c) North India

2) Give the new names of the following cities:

a) Calcutta:

b) Mausulipatnam:

c) Bombay:

d) Madras:




Worksheet 5

1) In the grid map of India locate and name the cities where the important events of the freedom struggle of India took place.

Event Location Name of city

Sepoy Mutiny 29°01'N 77°42'E

Jallianwala Bagh Massacre

31°35'N 74°57'E

Fort St George 13°08'N 80°19'E

Fort St. Williams 22°36'N 88°24'E

Trading centres 21°12'N 72°55'E

17°45'N 83°20'E

18°55'N 72°50'E

Factories 21°12'N 72°55'E

Worksheet 6

East India Company got the Dewani of which 3 states and in which year? Locate them on the map of India.

Worksheet 7

Comprehension/map reading

1) With the help of the map given below, answer the given question.

Courtesy: http://ambassadors.net/archives/issue19/profile.htm

1. When did Vasco da Gama leave for his journey to India?

2. From which port did he leave?

3. In which direction did he travel from Cape Verde Island?

4. After how many months of leaving Portugal did he reach Africa?

5. Which other ports of Africa did he land?

6. When did he reach India and which port did he land?

7. From where did he start his return journey?

8. Write the names of the ports he touched on his return journey?

9. Which was journey was longer- the one to India or the return journey to Portugal?

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Worksheet 8

On the world map, mark the ports visited by Vasco da Gama.

a) Lisbon b) Cape Verde Island

c) Azores d) St. Helena Bay

e) Mombasa f) Calicut g) Goa h) Mocambique

Worksheet 9

History of maps of India

Compare the 4 maps given below showing India under the rule of different rulers. Write a brief history of India’s freedom struggle.

A)

This map shows the location of the Mughal, or Mogul Empire. Central Asian Muslims established the empire in 1526. By about 1600, the Mughals controlled most of what are now north and central India, Afghanistan, Bangladesh, and Pakistan. The empire lasted until the 1700’s.

B)

The British East India Company controlled much of the Indian subcontinent by the early 1800’s. The company had direct control over most of the northern part of the subcontinent and most of the coastal areas along the Bay of Bengal.

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C)

British India was set up in 1858. The United Kingdom took over East India Company lands and also had indirect control of the remaining states.

D)

The independent country of India was founded on Aug. 15, 1947, the day after the northwestern and northeastern parts of the Indian subcontinent became the independent country of Pakistan.

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