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Political, Physical, Topographic and Thematic
maps
Monday August 22, 2011
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Physical Maps
• Shows natural landmarks like mountain ranges, rivers, lakes and deserts.
• Usually continents are green and yellow.
• Can show cities or state lines, but doesn’t have to.
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Physical Maps
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Political Maps
• Shows cities, states, capitals.
• Colors do not usually mean anything and are different so that a person can easily see the different states, countries or continents.
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Political Maps
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Topographic Maps
• Shows elevation
• The lines on the map represent different elevations
• Are good to use if you are hiking.
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Topographic Maps
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Thematic Maps
• Gives the reader information about certain subjects/ themes.
• ALWAYS have a legend that explains the information.
• Title of the map tells you what subject you are learning about
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Thematic Maps
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Guided practice
• 1. What do political maps show?• 2. What kind of map shows elevation?• 3. What kind of map shows mountains
rivers and deserts?• 4. What kind of map shows different
themes/ subjects.• 5. A map that shows the population
density of an areas is a ______ map.
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Guided Practice• What kind of map is below?
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Guided Practice• What kind of map is below?
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Guided Practice• What kind of map is below?
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Guided Practice• What kind of map is below?
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Independent Practice
• 1. A map that shows the population of a place is what kind of map?
• 2. If you looked on a map and saw state capitals, cities and state lines, what kind of map would you be looking at?
• 3. How are thematic maps different from physical maps?
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Independent Practice• 4. What kind of map is
the picture below?• 5. What kind of map is
the picture below?
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Exit Ticket
• 1. If you looked on a map and saw mountains, rivers and deserts on it, what kind of map would you be looking at?
• 2. A population map is what kind of map?
• 3. How are topographic maps different from political maps?
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Exit Ticket• 4. What kind of map
is the picture below?• 5. What kind of map
is the picture below?