Map Reading
What is a Map
What is a drawing of an area taken from directly overhead
This is a mountain located in St. Ann
Dry Harbour
St. Catherine
Spanish Town
Name the main river in St. Thomas
Plantain garden
What symbol is normally used on a map to show a mountain peak
A small triangle
Name the four main features of a map
title, key, scale, border
This is a mountain located in St. Catherine
Juan de Bolas
St. Mary
Port Maria
Name two rivers in Westmoreland
Cabaritta
Deans River
What name do we give to a landform that is above 200m?
a highland
Give one reason a map scale is useful
it helps us measure the distance between places on map
give actual distance between places on the ground
measure length of rivers and roads
The Dolphin head mountain is locate din which parish
What is Hanover
Portland
Port Antonio
This is the name of a river and also a parish capital
Clue it is a colour
Black River
What is another name for a tableland
plateau
Describe what is a map key and give examples
A map key shows what symbols on a map represent on the ground
These are two mountains located in Clarendon
Mocho mountains and Bull Head Mountain
St. Andrew
Half Way Tree
Name three rivers in the parish of Portland
Rio Grande
Buff Bay River
Hectors River
Name a town in Jamaica that is built on a plateau
Mandeville
What are the four main cardinal points
North
South
East
West
In which Parishes are the blue Mountains located
Portland, St. Thomas, St. Andrew,
This is the name of a capital as well as part of the name of a river
Montego Bay
Montego River
This river is located in two parishes
Name the parishes
The great River
Hanover
St. James
What is the difference between a mountain and a hill?
height
A hill is 200-600m
A mountain is over 600m