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In the world map and continental maps,
such as Latin, shown reduced the
territorial extent of countries unlike
national or regional maps. On a map
territorial, such as Mexico or Venezuela, the
land portion shown corresponds to each
country, so it is bigger.
Check the map of political division of America
South of page 75
Atlas of geography
world
and locates the city of Caracas, Vene- zuela
the, using geographical coordinates:
-10 ° 30'0 "north latitude and 66 ° 55'0" west longitude.
Get together with a partner and discuss the
difficulties have to find it. Then obtained
Serva, maps Venezuela and South America
which they are then and does the following:
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Decal paper in a semitransparent the re-
table covering Venezuela on the map
from Southamerica.
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Place the box on calcaste
map of Venezuela and calculated so
Approximate many times does one
and other answers:
Why the territory venoms
ezuelan is smaller on the map
South America?
•
Then make a list in your cuader-
not with the differences you see between
either map, discuss them in groups.
The territories are spaces with a certain extension
on which the town sits. The political division is a
manifestation of social organization, which marks the limits of a
territory; It indicates how far a country or a nation extends. In
each continent, the political division marks the area of the country.
Each of these has its own form of territorial organization
rial. Our country is divided into states, and these in municipalities
Federal District, organized in 16 delegations.
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Consultation.
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