Different Kinds of Maps

This map shows information such as countries, borders, states, cities, and other political features.

• Political map

• elevation map

• physical map

• historical map

Shows Earth's natural features

• Political map

• Physical map

• Elevation map

• Distribution map

Use color to show the height of land above sea level

• Political map

• Physical map

• Elevation map

• Historical map

A kind of physical map that shows change in elevation.

• Political map

• Physical map

• Elevation map

• Relief map

Map that shows information about the past or where past events took place.

• Political map

• Physical map

• Historical map

• Elevation map

Map that shows how things such as language, religion, population, and rainfall are throughout an area.

• Physical map

• Distribution map

• Relief map

• Historical map

What kind of map is this?

• Elevation map

• Relief map

• Historical map

• Physical map

What kind of map is this?

• Physical map

• Historical map

• Distribution map

• Elevation map

What kind of map is this?

• Relief map

• Elevation map

• Distribution map

• Political map

What kind of map is this?

• Political map

• Distribution map

• Physical map

• Elevation map