Land Navigation (TC 3-25.26)

Question 1

What are the basic colors of a map, and what does each color represent?

Answer 1

Black - cultural (man-made) features such as buildings and roads, surveyed spot elevations, and all labels.

Red-Brown - the colors red and brown are combined to identify cultural features, all relief features, non-surveyed spot elevations, and elevations such as contour lines.

Blue - identifies hydrography or water features such as lakes, swamps, rivers, and drainage.

Green - identifies vegetation with military significance, such as woods, orchards, and vineyards.

Brown - identifies all relief features and elevation, such as contours on older edition maps, and cultivated land.

Red - classifies cultural features, such as populated areas, main roads, and boundaries.

Question 2

Where is the legend of a map found?

Answer 2

Lower left margin

Question 3

How many Norths are there on a military map?

Answer 3

3 - true north, magnetic north, and grid north.

Question 4

What are the 5 major terrain features found on a map?

Answer 4

Hill, ridge, valley, saddle, depression

Question 5

What are the 3 minor terrain features found on a map?

Answer 5

Draw, spur, cliff

Question 6

What are the 2 supplementary terrain features found on a map?

Answer 6

Cut and fill