Types of Maps
Map Features
Can you picture it?
Directions
What map Would you use if...
100
This map shows the amount and type of precipitation.
Precipitation map
100
This part of the map is a small chart included on a map that gives descriptions of what symbols are used and what they stand for.
Map Key/Legend
100
What type of map is represented in this image?
A Precipitation Map
100
What are the cardinal directions?
North, South, East, and West
100
If I was visiting Chicago next week and wanted to know if there would be rain fall, what map would I look at?
A precipitation map
200
This map shows landmarks like mountains, deserts, and rivers with a use of natural colors on the map.
Physical Maps
200
This part of the map represents the distance between two locations on the map.
Map Scale
200
What type of map is represented in this image?
Natural Resource map
200
What are the intermediate directions?
Northeast, Southeast, Northwest, and Southwest
200
You are planning a hike next month in Colorado. What map would you view to help you understand the terrain?
A physical map
300
This map shows how many people live in each area using colors and circles.
Population Map
300
A design on a map that shows directions.
Compass rose
300
What type of map is represented by this image?
Political map
300
Are the lines on this globe latitude and longitude?
Latitude
300
Your family is taking a vacation to Florida. What type of map would you look at to decide the city you wanted to visit?
Political map
400
This map shows things found or produced in that area like soil, plants, animals, and minerals.
Natural resource map
400
An imaginary line that runs horizontally through the center of the Earth, dividing the Northern and Southern Hemispheres.
Equator
400
What type of map is represented by this image?
Physical Map
400
Are lines on this globe latitude or longitude?
Longitude
400
I want to know what grain Ohio is rich in. What map should I look at?
A natural resource map
500
This map shows border lines like countries, states, cities, and capitals using bright colors.
Political Map
500
An imaginary line that runs through the center of the Earth vertically dividing the Eastern and Western hemispheres.
Prime Meridian
500
What type of map does this image represent?
A population map
500
What are latitude and longitude measured in?
Degrees
500
A census helps to determine what type of map?
A population map