This atlas has an easy-to-follow format using bright colors and interesting facts to help make learning about the world exciting for students. This up-to-date children's atlas introduces geographic terms such as scale, distance, longitude, latitude and direction with easy-to-read text and diagrams, maps, and full-color illustrations. Other features include colorful political and thematic maps of the world and all seven continents and a handy continent comparison chart. Also available in Spanish as "Aptitudes Elementales Sobre Mapas".