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Parts of a Map
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?
surveys
All of the above
aerial photographs
satellites
2
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
3
What do the colors on this map represent?
Republican vs Democrat
The color does not represent anything
Physical features of the land
Climate zones
4
A political map shows
Lakes and rivers
Roads and highways
Physical features of the Earth
Countries and man-made borders
5
The part of the map that shows the real-world distance
Scale
Title
Compass Rose
Projection
6
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
7
What is a
projection?
human environment interaction
changing the size and shape of continents
method of putting a map of Earth on a flat map
using a globe to find a place
8
The part of the map that tells you what symbols on the map stand for...
Distortion
Scale
Key or legend
Projection
9
What is this map showing?
The all-time favorite candy of each state
How much candy was eaten in 2015?
The favorite Halloween candy of each state in 2015
How much candy each state eats
10
The part of the map that shows direction
Title
Key
compass rose
scale
11
What is the FIRST thing you should do when you look at a map?
Figure out the location
Read the title.
Ask Mr. Mraz for help
Look at the key.
12
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
13
What do you think the colors on this map represent?
physical features of the land
They do not mean anything
Country borders
Different states
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What is the most
accurate
way to represent the
WHOLE EARTH?
Political Map
Flat map
Physical Map
Globe
