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What are maps?
Maps are 2D representations of the Earth or a specific place.
What is another name for a key?
Legend
What are the things drawn on a map which are labeled by a legend?
Symbols
Tell four advantages of a map.
1. Easily portable
2. Online and offline
3. Physical and Political
4. For the whole Earth and specific places also.
Why are landmarks important?
Landmarks help us reach our destination by marking places. Some also are a great destination themselves.
What are globes in 4 words?
Model of the Earth
Name the largest continent?
Asia
Name the smallest ocean?
Arctic Ocean
What is the part of a map which tells us what the symbols drawn on the map mean?
Key or Legend
How does Google Map work?
It uses internet, a device and satellites which see the world from above it and give information. The information then is sent to google maps and on our devices. After we put google map and give it our location and destination it guides us.
Name any five symbols.
Hotel, Hospital, U- turn, No parking, speed limit.
Why are traffic/map symbols important?
Symbols are important because they are easy to draw and so we can use them by drawing them instead of a difficult sketch of a landmark and label them by a key. Also symbols help control traffic and give instructions.
How are maps and symbols related?
Maps and symbols are related because map symbols are drawn on maps.
Say 3 differences between map & globes.
Globes- 3D
Maps- 2D
Globes- show tilt of the earth
Maps- don't show tilt of the Earth
Globes- for the whole earth only
Maps- for the whole earth and specific places also
A person who makes maps is called a __________.
Cartographer
Name the 5 most important countries in the world.
United States of America
China
Japan
Germany
India
How many types of maps are there? Name them.
four
1.Route map
2.Google map
3.Physical map
4. Political Map
Name 5 countries in Asia.
India, Singapore, Japan, Indonesia, China.
Name all the continents
Antarctica
Asia
Africa
Europe
North America
South America
Australia
Name the new seven wonders of the world.
The Colosseum, The Great Wall of China, The Taj Mahal, Christ the Redeemer, Machu Picchu, Chichen Itza, Petra.