Types of Maps
Types of Maps
Characteristics
Map skills
Continents
100

This Map shows countries, states, and capitals.

What is a Political map

100

This map shows how many people live in a place.

what is a population map?

100

Physical Map

colors, Key, landforms

100

I am half of the Earth.

What is hemisphere?
100

I am the cardinal direction that you would use to explain the relative direction of the United states from Europe.

What is west?

200

This map shows features of the Earth's surface.

What is a physical map?

200

Shows the climate of a place using weather patterns, rainfall, and or temperature.

What is a climate map?

200

Political Map

colors, capitals, borders, and shape

200

I divide the earth into northern and southern hemispheres.

What is the equator?

200

I am the cardinal direction of Africa in regard to Europe.

what is south?

300

This map shows major/minor roads and points of interest and will help you find your way.

What is a Road Navigation map?

300

This map shows the world, people, cultures, and resources on earth.

What is a Thematic Map?

300

Climate map

One topic, symbols, color, Key

300

I divide the earth into eastern and western hemispheres.

What is the Prime meridian? 

300
Name the 7 continents.

Africa, Asia, Europe, North America, South America, Australia,  Antarctica

400

This map shows the shape and elevation,

What is a topographical map?

400

This map shows how the land is being used.

What is a Land use/ resource Map?

400

Topographical

Lines 

close lines= steep 

far lines= flat

400

I am imaginary lines that run north to south and measure east and west of the prime meridian.

what is longitude?

400

I am the cardinal direction of Africa to Austrailia.

What is West?

500

This map shows the Pathways or direction of a topic.

What is a Flow/Line Map?

500

Name specific examples of what a land use/ resource map might show.

Vegetation, crops, forest vs ag, mines and wells.

500

Road Navigation Maps

Lines for roads 

500

I am imaginary lines that run east to west and measure north or south of the equator. 

What is Latitude? 

500

Greenland is part of what continent?

What is Europe?