With the Textbook's Discussion of Geography Development in Mind, Choose

question 49

Multiple Choice

With the textbook's discussion of geography development in mind, choose the alternative that is most likely to give children in the lower elementary grades difficulty when they try to interpret maps.

• A) They haven't traveled enough to be able to imagine different topographies and climates.
• B) They don't completely understand that a map is a symbolic representation.
• C) They have insufficient awareness of diverse cultures.
• D) They confuse the symbols for roads versus rivers.

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