The tricky bits map skills
- 1. The Tricky Bits of Map Skills
- 2. Political Maps Shows divisions created by governments What you see on the map: colors and lines to indicate borders of countries, states, and cities and their names
- 3. Topographic Maps Shows what you could see from the top , or above, the land What you see on the map: colors to indicate landforms, physical features, and/ or elevation
- 4. Thematic Maps Focus on a theme , or topic – many different possible topics. What you see on the map: colors to indicate categories related to the theme
- 5. Thematic Maps - Population
- 6. Thematic Maps - Precipitation
- 7. Thematic Maps - Climate
- 8. Thematic Maps - Natural Resources forestry for lumber coal mining farming oil drilling
- 9. Thematic Maps - Land Use cropland (agriculture) grazing pasture (agriculture) residential commercial/ business (urban) factories (urban)
- 10. Political, Topographic, or Thematic Map? Political Map
- 11. Political, Topographic, or Thematic Map? Thematic Map
- 12. Political, Topographic, or Thematic Map? Thematic Map
- 13. Political, Topographic, or Thematic Map? Topographic Map
- 14. Political, Topographic, or Thematic Map? Thematic Map
- 15. Political, Topographic, or Thematic Map? Political Map
- 16. Political, Topographic, or Thematic Map? Thematic Map
- 17. Inset vs. Locator Maps Inset Map – zooms in to a part of the main map to show more detail
- 18. Inset vs. Locator Maps Locator Map – zooms out from the main map to locate the map on the globe or continent
- 19. Inset or Locator Map? Locator Map
- 20. Inset or Locator Map? Inset Map
- 21. Physical Features mountains ocean/ sea bay peninsula plateau volcano river delta island
- 22. Geographic Regions desert forest grasslands/ prairie
- 23. Man-made Structures canal port harbor dam
- 24. Physical, Geographic, or Man-made? mountains port canyon dam harbor forest waterfall shore prairie stream desert Physical Features Geographic Regions Man-made Structures
- 25. Physical, Geographic, or Man-made? Physical Features Geographic Regions Man-made Structures canyon mountains stream shore waterfall forest prairie desert harbor dam port
- 26. Relative Direction Where a particular place is, in relation to other areas, buildings, etc. “ Romania is south of the Former Soviet Republics.” This one really is tricky!
- 27. Relative Direction Louisiana is ________ of Arkansas. Always start at the place after “of.” Which direction do you need to go to get to the place at the beginning of the sentence? south
- 28. Relative Direction Missouri is ________ of Kansas. Always start at the place after “of.” Which direction do you need to go to get to the place at the beginning of the sentence? east
- 29. Relative Direction _________ is north of Texas. Always start at the place after “of.” If you follow the direction given in the sentence, where will you end up? Oklahoma
- 30. Relative Direction _________ is west of Kansas. Always start at the place after “of.” If you follow the direction given in the sentence, where will you end up? Colorado
- 31. Good Luck on your quiz! Check out the Jeopardy Game for Map Skills Review on the blog.