BP: Map Skills Q's

True or False: Physical maps show natural features like mountains, rivers, lakes, oceans, and other parts of the natural landscape.

• True

• False

What's an example of a label you might find on a political map?

• The name of a country

• A symbol that shows you which way is north is

• A little picture that represents a capital city

• A line of latitude

What might you find on a historical map?

• Up-to-date information on political bouncdries
• Mountain, lakes, and rivers
• Information about topography
• Information about a battle between armies

What can you find on almost every map?

• Lines of elevation
• Symbols indicating natural resources
• Borders between countries
• Rhumb lines

If you're having trouble figuring out what the symbols on a map represent, where would you look?

• The back of a map
• The title of a map
• The map legend
• The compass rose

What does the compass rose tell you?

• Names of oceans
• Which way north, south, east, and west are
• The title of a map

True or False: A map's scale shows the ration between the distance on the map and the distance in real life.

• True
• False