MAP READING AND INTEPRETATION

What is a topographical map?

• A map that shows the state and national boundaries of a place.

• A map that shows the information about the climate of different areas.

• A map that shows detailed, accurate physical and human graphic representation of features that appear on the Earth's surface.

• A map that shows the different resources present in the area or the economic activity prevalent.

Which of the following is not a basic element of a map?

• Title

• Legend

• North arrow

• Road

The title of a map tells you...

• where you are

• how many people live there

• how many mountains

• what type of map is it

What part of a map would you find symbols?

• North Arrow

• Legend

• Title

• Map Scale

Four-figure grid reference is used to identify _____________________________________________.

• the general location of a feature/area on a map.

• a specific location of a feature on a map.

• any location of a feature on a map.

• none of the above.

______________________ are lines that connect areas of the same height and eventually form a closed loop.

• contour lines

• parallel lines

• intersecting lines

• relief lines

_______________ is the distance between contour lines that represent the difference in elevation points.

• topography

• topographic map

• contour lines

• contour intervals

The closer the contour lines are together, the ______________ the slope.

• thinner

• wider

• flatter

• steeper

What part of the map compares the distance of the map to the distance on the actual ground?

• Map Scale

• North Arrow

• Legend

• Title

What tool would you use to measure the distance between two places on a map?

• key

• legend

• scale

• grid