Class IV Map Reading

What helps us to find the direction?

• Map key

• Map Title

• Compass rose

• Scale

A Person who makes/draws maps is

• historian

• geologist

• archaeologist

• cartographer

The word map is derived from the Latin word ______________

meaning cloth, as most of the earliest maps were drawn on animals’

skins, cloth or parchment.

• maple

• mappa

• mapi

• mappy

ATLAS means a

• collection of stamps

• collection of tools

• collection of maps

• collection of coins

A globe is the most accurate model of the

• star

• sun

• earth

• planet

A map that shows mountains, rivers, deserts, etc is called a:

• political map

• physical maps

• thematic maps

• climatic maps

A map that shows political boundaries, cities, towns, etc., is called a:

• scale

• sketch

• thematic maps

• political maps

Maps showing the distribution of rice, sugarcane and wheat, etc, in

India are:

• political maps

• physical maps

• thematic maps

• sketches

A political map of India shows:

• longitude and time

• states and capitals

• mountains and rivers

• major train routes

What cardinal direction does the N stand for?

• North

• South

• East

• West