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Parts of a Map
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A game to introduce the basics of #mapskills
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1
How are maps made?
aerial photographs
satellites
surveys
All of the above
2
What is a
projection?
method of putting a map of Earth on a flat map
using a globe to find a place
human environment interaction
changing the size and shape of continents
3
The part of the map that tells you what symbols on the map stand for...
Projection
Distortion
Scale
Key or legend
4
The part of the map that shows the real-world distance
Scale
Projection
Title
Compass Rose
5
What is the most
accurate
way to represent the
WHOLE EARTH?
Physical Map
Globe
Political Map
Flat map
6
What is this map showing?
The all-time favorite candy of each state
How much candy each state eats
The favorite Halloween candy of each state in 2015
How much candy was eaten in 2015?
7
The part of the map that shows direction
scale
Title
compass rose
Key
8
What is the FIRST thing you should do when you look at a map?
Read the title.
Look at the key.
Figure out the location
Ask Mrs. Bonner for help
9
What do you think the colors on this map represent?
Different states
They do not mean anything
Country borders
physical features of the land
10
What do the colors on this map represent?
Physical features of the land
Climate zones
Republican vs Democrat
The color does not represent anything
11
What is ONE disadvantage of using a globe?
Too small to be useful
Latitude and longitude lines are not shown
Too big to be useful
The size and shapes are wrong
12
A political map shows
Lakes and rivers
Roads and highways
Physical features of the Earth
Countries and man-made borders
13
What is the only difference between a globe and the Earth itself?
Color of the continents
Shape of continents
Scale (size)
Where the oceans are located
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All maps have some
distortion. Distortion
means...
a change in shape and distance of continents
there are no road maps
no oceans on the map
latitude and longitude is wrong
