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