Types of Maps

Types of Maps

Political Maps

• Show governmental boundaries of countries, states, and counties,

• Bright colors are often used to help the user find the borders. 

• Show the location of major cities,

  They usually include significant bodies of water.

Multiple Choice

political maps show:

• elevation

• climate

• countries, roads, cities

• how many shoes Mrs. Shea owns

Physical Maps:

• Physical maps are designed to show the physical features of an area

  (location of landforms like deserts, mountains and plains.)

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Multiple Select

What would you NOT find on a physical map?

• deserts

• mountains

• plains

• sunflower fields

Topographic maps:

• shape of the earth’s surface is shown with contour lines. 

• Contours make it possible to measure the height of mountains, depths of the ocean bottom, and steepness of slopes

Climate maps:

• a map that shows temperature, rain fall, humidity, and wind conditions in certain areas

Open Ended

How are climate maps different than topographic maps?

Road maps:

• major and minor highways, roads, railroad tracks, cities

• used for planning trips

Poll

Have you ever used a road map?

• yes

• no

Thematic Map:

• particular theme with an area

• population, restaurants, gas stations, resources

Multiple Choice

which map was not discussed today?

• climate

• resource

• thematic

• physical