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What is a map?????

What is a map?????. A map is a drawing of a geographic area. Different types of maps. POLITICAL MAP: shows the major boundaries between countries or states PHYSICAL MAPS: shows physical characteristics of a region, such as mountains, lakes, rivers, oceans. More….

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What is a map?????

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  1. What is a map????? A map is a drawing of a geographic area.

  2. Different types of maps • POLITICAL MAP: shows the major boundaries between countries or states • PHYSICAL MAPS: shows physical characteristics of a region, such as mountains, lakes, rivers, oceans

  3. More…. • PRODUCT MAPS: provides information on the major natural resources and agricultural and industrial products of an area • THEME MAPS: provides information on a theme, such as precipitation, temperature, rainfall, languages or another point of interest.

  4. Political Map Example

  5. Physical Map Example

  6. Product Map Example

  7. Theme Map Example

  8. Guess the map…. Can you guess the type of map in each example?

  9. Map # 1What type of map am I?

  10. Did you guess… PRODUCT MAP

  11. Map #2 What type of map am I?

  12. Did you guess… THEME MAP

  13. Map # 3What type of map am I?

  14. Did you guess… PHYSICAL MAP

  15. Map # 4What type of map am I?

  16. Did you guess POLITICAL MAP

  17. Map # 5

  18. Did you guess… THEME MAP

  19. Map # 6

  20. Did you guess PRODUCT MAP

  21. Map # 7

  22. Did you guess… POLITICAL MAP

  23. Map # 8

  24. Did you guess… PHYSICAL MAP

  25. Map #9

  26. Did you guess THEME MAP

  27. Map #10

  28. Did you guess… POLITICAL MAP

  29. Map # 11

  30. Did you guess… PRODUCT MAP

  31. Maps are useful! Maps provide different kinds of information. We can learn so much information by reading a map.

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