Map Types and The 5 Louisiana Regions

This type of map uses a grid and has pictures that represent places.

• Resource Map

• Political Map

• Grid Map

• Physical Map

A map that shows the resources of an area of land.

• Resource Map

• Grid Map

• Political Map

• Physical Map

A map that shows physical features like mountains, deserts, and bodies of water.

• Resource Map

• Grid Map

• Physical Map

• Political Map

A map that shows boundries, major cities, and bodies of water.

• Political Map

• Physical Map

• Resource Map

• Grid Map

Put these locations in order from largest to smallest.

• City, Parish, County, State

• Country, State, Parish , City

• City, State, Parish, Country

• Parish, State, Country, City

This region of Louisiana is also called Cajun Country and has lots of Bayou's.

• Florida Parishes

• Northern Louisiana

• Greater New Orleans

• Acadiana

This region of New Orleans is where "we" live and the Mississippi River is it's most famous physical feature.

• Greater New Orleans

• Florida Parishes

• Central Louisiana

• Acadiana

This region is is filled with forest and is also called the Sportsman's Paradise.

• Northern Louisiana

• Acadiana

• Central Louisiana

• Florida Parishes

True or false we live on the continent of North America.

• True

• False

This compass only displays cardinal directions.

• True

• False