The word that means having to do with a country or the government
What is political
100
The word that means an object's shape or size is changed or is inaccurate
What is distortion
100
The box on a map that shows symbols for how to read the map.
What is the map key or the map legend.
100
This writing comes below a picture to describe it.
What is a caption
100
You can find the place where a country has their government by looking at this kind of map.
What is a political map
200
The word that means how an object appears when put on a flat piece of paper
What is projection
200
Name one map projection we looked at in class
What is Mercator, Robinson, Interrupted, Mollweide etc.
200
You look at the top of the page of a map to find this. It tells you what kind of map you are looking at.
What is a map title
200
This writing appears in big letters. It introduces a big idea. Everything written underneath has to do with that big idea.
What is a heading
200
You can find out what the elevation of a place is by looking at this kind of map.
What is a physical map
300
The word that means the imaginary line that separates two countries or the edge of something
What is border
300
The reason why Antarctica may look different on two kind of maps has to do with this concept
What is projection: How we put the earth on a flat piece of paper
300
This shows how high or low the land is.
What is an elevation map
300
This type of writing is slightly smaller than a heading and is more specific. The information it gives still has to do with the heading.
What is a subheading
300
You can find out about lakes, rivers, and mountains by looking at this kind of map
What is a physical map
400
The word that means a unique physical feature on the earth's surface
What is landform
400
Explain the idea that the earth's surface is an "orange peel"
What is the idea that when you take the surface off of the earth it is not flat and it is broken apart. In order to make maps usable cartographers (map makers) have to piece it back together but that causes distortion.
400
This symbol is often used to represent a capital city.
What is a circle with a star inside of it.
400
Writers use captions for this reason:
What is providing details about what is going on in a picture
400
You can find out how humans have divided up the land into countries and states by looking at this kind of map.
What is a political map
500
The word that means how high or low the land is
What is elevation
500
Would you use a different map projection depending on your purpose? Why or why not?
Yes. If you were someone studying Antarctica you would not use a projection that did not show the continent or displayed it all cut up.
500
This imaginary line separates countries.
What is a border
500
Writers use headings and subheadings for these reasons:
breaking text up into smaller pieces
organizing information
making information easy to find
500
The main differences between political and physical maps are:
What is a political map shows the way humans have divided up the land and where they have put their governments whereas a physical map shows how the land is without regard to humans. It shows physical features.