Map Skills - IS

Question 1

What can you see in a photo that you can’t on a map?

Answer 1

Weather, environment (grass, flowers etc.)

Question 2

What can you see on a map that you can’t in a photo?

Answer 2

Bird’s Eye View, roads, rivers and more land covered.

Question 3

What is more useful for going for a walk in that area and why?

Answer 3

Map because:
you can plan routes
see where rivers and roads are
know the entire area and where to go

Question 4

All good maps should have… (6 things)

Answer 4

1. A title - Place and Type of Map
2. Symbols - To make things clear and uncluttered
3. A key - meaning of symbols
4. A North Point - Know directions to get to places
5. A scale - To know sizes and distances of and between areas
6. A grid with coordinates - To pinpoint locations accurately.

Question 5

Name 2 people who would use maps for business

Answer 5

Geography Teachers
Travel Guides

Question 6

Name 2 people who would use maps for leisure

Answer 6

Tourists
Hillwalkers

Question 7

When do you normally use maps?

Answer 7

Hills
Zoos, museums and theme parks
Planning for projects in the field
Travelling

Question 8

What does OS stand for?

Answer 8

Ordnance Survey

Question 9

What does OS do?

Answer 9

Produce maps for Great Britain

Question 10

Why do we need to use map symbols?

Answer 10

To make maps clearer, easier to read and more spaced out.

Question 11

Name all 8 compass points

Answer 11

N - North
NE - North-East
E - East
SE - South-East
S - South
SW - South-West
W - West
NW - North-West

Question 12

What do you call the lines on the grid that go from side to side of the map?

Answer 12

Northings
Numbered from South to North

Question 13

What do you call the lines on the grid that go from top to bottom of the map?

Answer 13

Eastings
Numbered from West to East

Question 14

What are the two types of grid references?

Answer 14

4 figure grid references
6 figure grid references

Question 15

What is the more accurate grid reference?

Answer 15

6 figure grid references

Question 16

What are the three ways scale can be shown on a map?

Answer 16

Statement (eg. each 2cm box on this map represents 1km²)
Ratio (eg, 1:50,000) (meaning 1 cm on map = 50,000 cm in reality)
Line - Small ruler at the bottom of map

Question 17

What are the most commonly used map scales?

Answer 17

1:25,000 and 1:50,000

Question 18

What is more detailed: 1:25,000 or 1:50,000?

Answer 18

1:25,000

Question 19

What is straight line distance?

Answer 19

The distance between two points in a straight line

Question 20

What is latitude?

Answer 20

Latitude lines tell us how far North or South we are

Question 21

What is longitude?

Answer 21

Latitude lines tell us how far East or West we are

Question 22

Where do you measure longitude lines from?

Answer 22

The Greenwich or The Prime Meridian

Question 23

Where do you measure latitude lines from?

Answer 23

The equator

Question 24

What goes first: Latitude or Longitude?

Answer 24

Latitude

Question 25

What is latitude and longitude measured in?

Answer 25

Degrees

Question 26

What is relief in Geography?

Answer 26

The height and shape of the land

Question 27

How is relief shown on OS maps?

Answer 27

Contour lines