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Welcome! Today, we will explore how to locate our state, national capitals, and neighboring countries on a map.
Maps help us locate places around the world. We start with our local community, which sits inside the state of Texas. Texas is one of fifty states inside the United States.
Every state and country has a government center called a capital. Austin is the state capital of Texas, while Washington, D.C. is the national capital of the United States.
The United States shares land borders with two countries. Canada borders the United States to the north, and Mexico borders it to the south.
To analyze locations on a map, look for cardinal directions and spatial relationships. For example, finding Texas near the southern border helps you quickly locate both Mexico and Austin.
Use map relationships to locate the capital of Texas, the capital of the United States, and the two bordering countries.
- Find Texas in the south-central region of the United States map.
- Locate the star symbol inside Texas to find its state capital, Austin.
- Look toward the East Coast of the United States to locate the national capital, Washington, D.C.
- Look directly north across the top U.S. border to locate Canada.
- Look directly south across the southern Texas border to locate Mexico.
