Informative Text: MAPS

What is a map?

• An illustration

• An illustration of the Earth's surface

• Something with pictures

• The purpose of a map is to show where things are

What is a symbol?

• Illustrations with colors

• Signs

• Drawings that represent something.

• Drawings of the Earth's surface

What symbols can be found in maps?

• Chocolate

• We can only see mountains and rivers

• Rivers, mountains, buildings, hospitals, and more.

What does this symbol mean?

Why are maps important?

Name three real life examples of maps (example: Uber has a map of the city)

Colors are not important on maps because we don't need to understand the different areas.

• True

• False

Maps are _ _ that help us understand places better.

What does this symbol represent?

What do maps show us?