Read these three maps and answer the following questions:
What do these maps show? Write any three features of each of them.
What is different between these maps?
What is the purpose of each of the maps?
Give a title to each of the maps.
Write a note on the types of maps.
Answers
1. What do these maps show? Write any three features of each of them.
ANSWER; Maps present information about the world in a simple, visual way. They teach about the world by showing sizes and shapes of countries, locations of features, and distances between places. Maps can show distributions of things over Earth, such as settlement patterns.
PHYSICAL MAP = A map which shows different
states and countries of world
with boundaries.
thematic map =A thematic map is a kind of map which represents a particular theme or topic like weather conditions,
Vegetation, Industries, Climatic conditions etc.
Political map =A map which shows different
states and countries of world
with boundaries.
2. Political Maps - does not show physical features. Instead, they show state and national boundaries and capital and major cities.
Physical Maps - illustrate the physical features of an area, such as the mountains, rivers and lakes.
Thematic maps emphasize the spatial pattern of geographic attributes or statistics about places and relationships between places. ... A reference map might show bank locations, while a thematic maps shows average income in an area. It's the difference between mapping places and mapping data.
3.A map is a symbolic representation of selected characteristics of a place, usually drawn on a flat surface. Maps present information about the world in a simple, visual way. They teach about the world by showing sizes and shapes of countries, locations of features, and distances between places.
4."Political maps" are among the most widely used reference maps. They are mounted on the walls of classrooms throughout the world. They show the geographic boundaries between governmental units such as countries, states, and counties. They show roads, cities and major water features such as oceans, rivers and lakes.
Physical maps are designed to show the natural landscape features of Earth. They are best known for showing topography, either by colors or as shaded relief. Physical maps often have a green to brown to gray color scheme for showing the elevation of the land. Darker greens are used for near-sea-level elevations, with the color grading into tans and browns as elevations increase. The color gradient often terminates in shades of gray for the highest elevations.
Weather, population density and geology maps are examples of thematic maps. Two very different thematic maps on the same topic – Australia's Maritime Boundaries. They illustrate the principle that maps are made for a specific reason, and this dictates the amount of detail they contain.