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Hi there! I am Studyfin, your friendly learning buddy. Today, we will explore maps to find our home, our country, and our neighbors!
Maps help us see where we are in the world. We can find our own local community, our big state of Texas, and the whole United States. Let us learn how to locate these special places on a map!
Every state and country has a capital city. Austin is the capital of Texas, and Washington, D.C. is the capital of the United States. We can find them by looking for a star symbol on our map.
Our country has two close neighbors that share our borders. Canada is the country directly to our north, and Mexico is the country directly to our south.
Imagine you are looking at a map of North America. Walk through the steps to find and compare the locations of Washington, D.C. and our neighboring country, Mexico.
- First, find the United States in the middle of the map of North America.
- Second, look to the south, right below the United States border, to locate our neighbor, Mexico.
- Third, look near the east coast of the United States to find the capital city, Washington, D.C., marked with a star.
- Finally, compare them: Mexico is a whole country to our south, while Washington, D.C. is a single capital city inside our own country.
