What Can Maps Tell Us About a Place?

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What can maps tell us about a place?

• What the climate is like.

• What its elevation is.

• What languages are spoken in that area.

• The borders of the place.

• Where the transportation routes are for buses, cars, bike, airplanes, trains, and more.

Natural features are...

• things created by people, such as: cities, roads, buildings, train tracks.

• things created by nature, such as: plants, animals, rivers, mountains.

• things like a compass rose, a legend, a title, and a scale

Human-made features are...

• things created by people, such as: cities, roads, buildings, train tracks.

• things created by nature, such as: plants, animals, rivers, mountains.

• things like a compass rose, a legend, a title, and a scale

The name of our province is...

• British Columbia

• Kamloops

• Canada

• Juniper Ridge

The name of our city is...

• British Columbia

• Kamloops

• Canada

• Juniper Ridge

The name of our neighbourhood is...

• British Columbia

• Kamloops

• Canada

• Juniper Ridge

The name of our country is...

• British Columbia

• Kamloops

• Canada

• Juniper Ridge

A transportation map shows...

• the governmental boundaries between different areas.

• the elevation of the land using colours, shading, or contour lines to illustrate the highest and lowest areas.

• things such as roads, railways, bus and ferry routes.

• the weather patterns of a region using evidence from decades or centuries

A climate map shows...

• the governmental boundaries between different areas.

• the elevation of the land using colours, shading, or contour lines to illustrate the highest and lowest areas.

• things such as roads, railways, bus and ferry routes.

• the weather patterns of a region using evidence from decades or centuries