Maps and Maps Tools Week 1 Assessment

What part of the map explains what the colors and symbols mean?

• Globe

• Scale

• Legend

• Cartographer

Historical Maps show:

• how dry the area is

• illustrates past events or geographic representations of a certain time period

• features like countries, states, and cities

• landforms, mountains, valleys, streams, and vegetation

How does a grid system help you on a map?

How does a population map help the government?

• useful for distributing resources

• shows were climates are dry

• shows the exact location

• drawings of places around the world

What is the meaning of absolute location?

• a place that is close to already known location

• you can tell the distances between places

• the round model of the Earth

• the exact location

How do political maps help us with information?

• it shows the borders of political regions and features like countries, states and cities

• the regions that are about republicans and democrats

• shows places that are warm and cold

• representations on a certain time period

Give 3 examples of things that maps can show us?

What type of map will show us weather over a period of time in a region?

• Historical Maps

• Climate Maps

• Populations Maps

• Physical Maps

What is the title of a person that creates maps?

• Geologist

• Biographer

• Cartographer

• Stenographer

What type of map will show you about where the mountains and rivers are located?

• Cultural Map

• Physical Map

• Political Map

• Coordinates