Geography Map Skills

This type of map shows features of the land, including valleys, canyons, plains, and mountains.

This type of map shows governmental boundaries of countries, states, and/or counties. It sometimes includes cities, roads, and significant bodies of water.

This type of map is specifically designed to show a particular theme connected with a specific geographic area, such as temperature variation, rainfall distribution or population density.

A __________ is used to identify the direction of north, south, east, and west.

I want to know if South America has mountains, what type of map would I use?

• Political Map

• Physical Map

• Thematic Map

I want to know the birth rates of regions in the United States, what type of map would I use?

• Political map

• Physical map

• Thematic map

I want to know how many countries are in Africa, what type of map would I use?

• Political map

• Physical map

• Thematic map