Maps Flashcards
What is a physical map?
A physical map is one that shows the physical landscape features of a place. They generally show things like mountains, rivers and lakes and water is always shown with blue. Mountains and elevation changes are usually shown with different colors and shades to show relief. Normally on physical maps green shows lower elevations while browns show high elevations
What is a political map?
A political map does not show any topographic features. It instead focuses solely on the state and national boundaries of a place. They also include the locations of cities - both large and small, depending on the detail of the map.
What is a topographic map?
A topographic map is similar to a physical map, it shows different physical landscape features. They are different however because they use contour lines instead of colors to show changes in the landscape. Contour lines on topographic maps are normally spaced at regular intervals to show elevation changes
What is a climate map?
A climate map shows information about the climate of an area. They can show things like the specific climatic zones of an area based on the temperature, the amount of snow an area receives or average number of cloudy days.
What is a road map?
A road map is one of the most widely used map types. These maps show major and minor highways and roads, as well as things like airports, city locations and points of interest like parks, campgrounds and monuments.
