Our country of the month is Brazil. It is located on the continent of South America. It is located in the same hemisphere of the world as North America where the United States is. There are 12 independent countries in South America and 2 political units, Brazil is just one of the countries. On this flat map of the world, can you find South America?

MAPS. Our map is a topographical view of the world. To•pog•ra•phy is to draw a map with the surface showing the oceans, mountains, valleys, deserts, rivers, lakes and man-made things such as roads, bridges and canals. You can see by this map the oceans and the land with the mountains on our earth. Maps can be very detailed. There are maps for almost every place on earth. Scientists are even making maps of the oceans floors, places so deep people can not go. We use maps all the time to get to places.