Map-reading Skills 1 Unit 1

A plan is similar to a map, but it contains more details, and the actual area shown in a plan is bigger.

What’s the image above?

Symbols that are shown on the map are called ________.

Aerial photos show objects that look real and the objects are shown by symbols in maps.

What’s the image above?

Geographers use ________ and ________ to show where places and things are located.

There is no scale in an aerial photo but the objects in a map is reduced in scale.

Besides maps and plans, __________ are useful tools to show the locations of places and things.

What’s the image above?

An aerial photo doesn’t show moving objects but a map does.