80 likes | 171 Views
ALL ABOUT MAPS. BY PIPER WELCH 10/23/13. Political Map, Physical Map, Topographical Map. Show state and national boundaries, locations of cities. Example:50 u.s state with its borders. Shows mountains, rivers, and lakes different colors to show elevation.
E N D
ALL ABOUT MAPS BY PIPER WELCH 10/23/13
Political Map, Physical Map, Topographical Map • Show state and national boundaries, locations of cities. Example:50 u.s state with its borders. Shows mountains, rivers, and lakes different colors to show elevation. Example: u.smap with colors to show elevation. Has contour lines instead of colors to show land scape. Examlpe:close together line= steep elevation spread out lines= flat, coastal area.
Political Map • Physical Map • Topographical Map
Climate map, Economic map, Road map, Thematic or Resource map.Shows weather of an area climate zones. Example: Australian map shows color for desert region. Type of natural resource in an area. Shows major and road. Example: NY map with a wide red line to or specific theme. Example: populatoin change is a place.
All About Latitude and Longitude- Longitude – lines that run north to south- Latitude – lines that run east to west
Scale • Scale measures the distance between two places
Oceans and Continents • Oceans: • Indian Ocean • Pacific Ocean • Atlantic Ocean • Arctic Ocean Continents: North America Africa South America Asia Europe Australia Antarctica