Name: ________________________
Period: ___________
5 Types of Maps
Directions: Answer the following 5 questions using one of the 5 types of maps: political, physical, topographic,
land-use resource, or climate.
1) What type of map shows the elevation of an area using contour lines?
2) What type of map shows man made features such as cities, states, countries, and boundaries?
3) What type of map shows Earth’s natural features such as mountains, rivers, lakes, and deserts?
4) Which type of map shows the average weather pattern for an area?
5) Which type of map shows how the land is used and the resources available on the land?
Applying the Different Types of Maps
Directions: Answers will either be political, physical, topographic, land-use resource, or climate.
1) If I want to know the distance from Nashville to Murfreesboro, what type of map will I use?
2) If I want to know the location of the Ganges River, what type of map should I use?
______________________
3) If I want to know the location of the border between Tennessee and Kentucky, which type of map
should I use? __________________________
4) If I want to know the location and elevation of Mt. Everest, which two types of maps should I use?
______________________ & ______________________.
5) If I want to know which states have the most oil in the U.S., what type of map would I use?
______________________
6) If I want to know how much rain Murfreesboro gets in the month of May, what type of map should I
use? __________________________________________
7) If I were looking at a map that showed the terrain using a bunch of squiggly lines, what type of map
would I be looking at?_______________________________
8) If I want to know which states border TN, what type of map should I use?
__________________________________________
9) If I want to know how I should dress for my vacation to Europe in May, what type of map would I look
at? ___________________________
10) If I want to know what amount of land is used for farming in Tennessee, what type of map should I use?
_________________________
Map Essential Tools
Directions: Describe the purpose of each of the map essential tools. Then give a real life example of how you
would use each tool. BE SPECIFIC.
1) Title:_______________________________________________________________________________
Ex.:________________________________________________________________________________
2) Legend/Key:_________________________________________________________________________
Ex.:________________________________________________________________________________
3) Compass Rose:_______________________________________________________________________
Ex.:________________________________________________________________________________
4) Scale:_______________________________________________________________________________
Ex.:________________________________________________________________________________
5) Locator Map:_________________________________________________________________________
Ex.:________________________________________________________________________________
Directions: List the continents and oceans on the lines below.
Directions: Using the map above, answer the following questions.
1) Name the northern most ocean on Earth.______________________________________________
2) Which two continents are connected?_________________________________________________
3) What makes the dividing line between the 2 continents that are connected?___________________
4) What impact did this dividing line have on the people in each continent? _____________________
________________________________________________________________________________
5) The continent labeled #7 is not really long and flat. Explain why it looks this way on the map.
________________________________________________________________________________
6) What continents does the Equator cross? ________________________________________________
7) What continents does the Prime Meridian cross?__________________________________________
8) In what direction is Africa from Europe?________________________________________________
9) In what direction is the Pacific Ocean from North America?_________________________________
10) What direction does the equator run? (N & S or E & W)____________________________________
11) What direction does the Prime Meridian run? (N&S or E&W)________________________________
12) Which ocean is south of Asia?_________________________________________________________
13) Which ocean is west of Europe?_______________________________________________________
14) Which continent contains the region of the world known as the Middle East?___________________
15) Which is more accurate, a globe or a map?_____________ Why?____________________________
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