Types of Maps

A person who makes maps is called a __________.

A collection of maps is called an __________.

A __________ map shows you boundaries of countries, states and capitals.

• physical

• political

• country

• thematic

Reena wants to know the population in the country. She will look at a __________ map.

• political

• physical

• thematic

• road

A __________ map shows the landforms in different colours.

A scale is used to find the __________.

• direction

• actual distance

• speed

• travel time

Different maps have different scales.

• True

• False

Special signs used in maps are called __________.

The information box at the corner of a map is called a__________.

• map key

• scale

• symbol box

• pie chart

Dark yellow represents __________.

• mountains

• deserts

• oceans

• hills