Map Reading and Land Navigation

Question 1

What covers Map Reading and Land Navigation

Answer 1

TC 3-25.26

Question 2

What is a map?

Answer 2

A graphic representation of a portion of earth’s surface drawn to scale as seen from above

Question 3

Types of maps

Answer 3

Planimetric
Topographic
Digital
Digital city graphic
military city map
photomosaic
joint operations graphics
photomap

Question 4

Colors of a map

Answer 4

Black - man made features
Red-Brown - cultural features
Blue - water
Green - woods, orchards, and vineyards
Brown - relief features on older maps and cultivated land on red light maps
Red - cultural features such as populated areas, main roads, and boundaries on older maps

Question 5

Types of North

Answer 5

True
Magnetic
Grid

Question 6

What is grid-magnetic angle?

Answer 6

The value of the angular size between grid north and magnetic north

Question 7

How to determine your location?

Answer 7

Resection, modified resection, and intersection

Question 8

5 Major terrain features

Answer 8

Hill
Saddle
Valley
Ridge
Depression

Question 9

3 minor terrain features

Answer 9

Draw
Cliff
Spur

Question 10

Two supplementary terrain features

Answer 10

Cut and fill