Map Types
Map Types
Map Features
Map Features
Bonus!
100
This type of map shows roads and highways.
What is a road map?
100
This would be the best type of map to consult if you were traveling by car from Chicago to New York City.
What is a road map?
100
This tells you what the map is about.
What is the title?
100
This is where the symbols on a map are explained.
What is the legend? (Key is acceptable.)
100
Name all five oceans.
Atlantic Ocean Pacific Ocean Indian Ocean Arctic Ocean Southern Ocean
200
This type of map shows the physical features of an area, such as mountains, rivers, oceans. etc.
What is a physical map?
200
Go here: http://geology.com/world/canada.jpg
What is a physical map?
200
These represent features of the earth like rivers, oceans, cities, and roads.
What are symbols?
200
A city map is an example of a ___ scale map.
What is large?
200
Name all 7 continents.
North America South America Asia Africa Europe Australia Antarctica
300
This type of map shows cities, towns, and countries.
What is a political map?
300
Go here: http://media.maps.com/magellan/Images/unitedstatesrap.gif
What is a political map?
300
This is the part of the map that allows you to pinpoint an exact location on the earth.
What are grid lines? (Latitude and longitude lines is an acceptable answer)
300
The sizes of Greenland and Mexico on a Mercator Map are examples of this.
What is a problem with map projections? (Acceptable answers: map projections, distortion)
300
Name 3 countries in Europe.
Use: http://media.maps.com/magellan/Images/europerap.gif
400
Political maps, physical maps, and road maps all fall into this category of maps.
What are general reference maps.
400
Climate maps, topographical maps, population maps, and resource maps all fall into this category of maps.
What are thematic maps.
400
I will use this to estimate how many miles I will have to drive to get from Louisiana to Oregon.
What is a map scale?
400
On Google maps, if you zoom in, you are ________ the scale.
What is increasing?
400
Name 3 countries in South America.
Use: http://www.freeworldmaps.net/southamerica/southamerica-political-map.png
500
This would be the best kind of map to consult if you were planning a battle in the Civil War (1861-1865).
What is a physical map?
500
This would be the best kind of map to consider if you were planning to take over the whole world, starting with the countries nearby.
What is a political map.
500
Estimate the number of miles between Ottawa and Washington, D.C. on the map below: http://media.maps.com/magellan/Images/unitedstatesrap.gif
What is approximately 500 miles? (450-550 is acceptable)
500
On Google Maps, if you zoom out, you are ___ the scale.
What is decreasing?
500
Name three countries in Asia.
Use the link to check answers. NOTE: Europe, Australia, and Africa are CONTINENT names, not country names. http://www.jrank.org/history/article_images/Atlas_p214_1.jpg
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