Question

1. Why are these three called elements of a map - distance, scale and direction​

Answer 1

Answer:

DISTANCE: Maps are two-dimensional drawings. It reduces the entire world or a part of the world on a small sheet of paper.  represent the distance between two places. This helps us in finding the actual distance between two places.

SCALE: When a large area is shown on a small map, such a map is called a small scale map.  When a small area such as a village is shown on a map, such a map is called a large scale map. A map of a neighbourhood is another example of .

DIRECTION: for direction, there is four major direction i.e NORTH,SOUTH,EAST,WEST.

Answer 2

Distance :-

• Maps are two-dimensional drawings. It reduces the entire world or a part of the world on a small sheet of paper.  represent the distance between two places. This helps us in finding the actual distance between two places.

Scale :-

• When a large area is shown on a small map, such a map is called a small scale map.  When a small area such as a village is shown on a map, such a map is called a large scale map. A map of a neighbourhood is another example of .

Direction :-

• For direction, there is four major direction i.e

        North , East , South and West