Lesson 1: What are maps?

Our ______________ and ______________ influence our understanding of our place within time and space.

• perspectives, identity

• views, opinions

• ideas, food

• books, cars

______________are visual representations of specific areas. They come in many forms. ______________are tools that communicate different types of information to us.

• cartographers

• big ideas

• Europe

• maps

_____________ is the study of maps. People who make maps are called _____________.

• mapping, mapmakers

• topology, topologists

• research, researchers

• cartography, cartographers

What type of map is this?

• North American

• political

• road

• data and resource

Which of the following is a data and resource map?

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What type of map is this?

• physical

• satellite

• data and resource

• topographic

Which of the following is a physical map?

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What type of map is this?

• topographic

• political

• road

• data and resource

What type of map is this?

• road

• political

• data and resource

• satellite