Reading a Map

Reading a Map

Maps can show many different features.

This map shows the major rivers of the United States. What else does the map key show?

Maps also use colors to show different landforms. What colors do you see used here?

• What landforms are shown in brown?

• What landforms are shown in blue?

Cities in this map are labeled A, B,C, D, E and F in red. Mountains are labeled in brown and rivers and lakes are in blue.

• What two cities have a lake in between them?

Cities in this map are labeled A, B,C, D, E and F in red. Mountains are labeled in brown and rivers and lakes are in blue.

• What two cities have mountains between them?

What city is furthest away from a lake?

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Which of the cities is located on a peninsula?

Multiple Choice

Which of the two maps shows an island surrounded by water?

Multiple Choice

What color is the land in this map?

• white

• gray

Multiple Choice

Looking at the map legend, which symbol means there are sharks?

Multiple Select

What are the large bodies of water on a map called?

• Oceans

• Continents

• equator

• globe

Multiple Choice

What does Red stand for on the map?

• Record Coldest

• Record Warmest

• Near Normal

Multiple Choice

A body of land surrounded on all sides by water.

• island

• country

• continent

Multiple Choice

You live in what country right now?

• Mexico

• Canada

• Brazil

• USA

Multiple Choice

What should you pretend you are doing when you are looking at a map?

• in a helicopter looking down

• climbing a mountain

• swimming in the river

• moving a compass

Multiple Choice

What is the key on the map?

• pictures of mountains and rivers

• to unlock the door

• a plus sign

• it is a box explaining what each picture on the map is trying to show