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By John Russin October 23 rd ,2013. The ways of a map:. Map types. Political map: state and national boundaries, along with the location of cities. Physical map: shows mountains ,rivers, and lakes and uses different colors to show elevation.
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By John Russin October 23rd,2013 The ways of a map:
Map types • Political map: state and national boundaries, along with the location of cities. • Physical map: shows mountains ,rivers, and lakes and uses different colors to show elevation. • Topographic map: has contour lines instead of colors to show elevation.
Othermaps • Climate map: shows weather of an area and climate zones. Economic or Resource map : specific type of natural resources in an area. • Thematic map : focuses on a special topic or specific theme. • Road map : shows major and minor highways and roads
Latitude and Longitude • Latitude is imaginary lines that run East and West. :Longitude-Lines that run North to South.
What is a scale? • A scale is something that measures the distance between two distances on a map.This is an example of a map scale.
Oceans and continents of the world • The four oceans in the world are the Atlantic , Pacific , The Arctic and the Indian. • The seven continents in the world are North America , South America , Antarctica , Europe , Africa , Asia , and Australia.