Creating a grid Locating places on a map Retrieving information from a map-Sea route of Vasco da gama History of India through maps

1. History and Geography
WORKSHEETS
on
Locating Places
on a
Map
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2. History and Geography
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.
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3. History and Geography
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
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4. History and Geography
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5. History and Geography
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'E
c) Surat : 21°12'N 72°55'E d) Amritsar: 31°35'N 74°57'E
e) Kolkata: 22°36'N 88°24'E f) Meerut: 29°01'N 77°42'E
g) Chennai: 13°08'N 80°19'E h) Goa: 15°33'N 73°59'E
i) Mausulipatnam: 17°45'N
83°20'E
j) Calicut: 11°15'N 75°43'E
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6. History and Geography
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
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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:
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8. 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

9. Worksheet 6
East India Company got the Dewani of which 3 states and in which year?
Locate them on the map of India.

11. Worksheet 7
Comprehension/map reading
1) With the help of the map given below, answer the given question.
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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?

12. 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
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13. 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.
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.