Parts of a Map
This tells you what the map is all about.
Title
What body of water is to our North and which is to our South?
The Atlantic Ocean and the Caribbean Sea
How many municipalities does PR have?
78
This type of map shows the bodies of water.
Hydrographic
What box has symbols that are used on the map?
Legend
What do we call the larger group of islands in the Caribbean archipelago?
Greater Antilles
Which 2 municipalities can't we get to in a car?
Vieques and Culebra
This map shows the municipalities.
Political
What object or symbol in a map shows all the cardinal and medial directions?
The compass Rose
What do we call the smaller group of islands in the Caribbean archipelago?
Lesser antilles
What are the three areas PR is divided into?
the mountainous interior, the northern karst, and the coastal plains
This map shows the outline and height of the land.
Topographic
What part of a map shows the difference in distance from real life?
The Scale
Name all the greater Antilles.
Puerto Rico, Hispaniola (Haiti and Dominican Republic), Cuba, and Jamaica
What are mogotes and sinkholes?
Mogotes are small limestone hills. Sinkholes are large holes or depressions in the Earth’s surface. They are formed when the roof of an underground cave collapses naturally.
This map shows how many people there are in the areas.
Population Map
What lines are used to help find exact location on the globe/map?
Latitude and longitude lines
The Caribbean is in between what two continents?
North and South America
What is the difference between urban and rural municipalities?
Urban: there is a large number of inhabitants, they provide more services to people, there is more commercial activity, they provide more cultural and entertainment activities.
Rural: fewer inhabitants than cities, large green areas and natural landscapes, development of agriculture and livestock on extensive areas of land
Type of map that shows places we can go to when traveling.
Tourist Map