Lesson 6 Section 1 - Maps Show Patterns on Earth's Surface

True or False?

Some of the earliest known maps were made on clay tablets over 4,000 years ago.

• True

• False

As people learned more about Earth's surface, maps....

• improved

• got bigger

• got smaller

• got more colorful

Match the following

• Show political boundaries

• Physical Maps

• Shows the height above sea level

• Elevation Maps

• show the physical features of an area

• Political Maps

A physical map, like this one of the continental United States, shows an area’s physical features. This map shows the _______ of the land using symbols and colors.

Maps are useful for finding patterns.

What kinds of patterns is a physical map like this one most useful for finding?

• Where people live

• How states and provinces form

• Where mountains can be found

• How people work in Canada and the United States

• Circle the area of highest elevation in the United States in red.

• Circle the area of low elevation around the Hudson Bay in green.

• Circle the name of the ocean west of the United States in blue.

• Circle the Appalachian Mountains in the eastern United States in brown.