MAP ANALYSIS WORKSHEET
1. Type of map [check one]:
____Raised relief map
____Political map
____Natural resource map
____Bird's-eye view
____Satellite photograph/mosaic
____Weather map
____Topographic
____Contour-line map
____Military map
____Artifact map
____Pictograph
____Other (___________________________)
2. Physical qualities of the map [check one or more]:
____Compass
____Handwritten Notations
____Date
____Name of map maker
____Scale
____Other (___________________________)
____Title
____Legend (key)
3. Date of map:_________________________________________________________________
4. Creator of map:_______________________________________________________________
5. Where was the map
produced?___________________________________________________
5. Map information:
A.
List three things included on the map that you think are important:
1.
2.
3.
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B.
Why do you think this map was drawn?
C.
What evidence in the map suggests why it was drawn?
D.
How does the information in this map support or contradict information you know
about an event depicted by the map?
E.
What question(s) are left unanswered by this map?
Adapted from "Teaching With Documents" from the National Archives and Records Administration.