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What do physical maps show?
What do physical maps show?
- Historical events
- Political borders
- Natural features like mountains and rivers (correct)
- Population density
What do political maps display?
What do political maps display?
- Mineral resources
- Borders of areas like countries, states, and cities (correct)
- Geological formations
- Historical movements
What do historical maps illustrate?
What do historical maps illustrate?
- Topographic details
- Movements of people and changing borders (correct)
- Geological formations
- Natural landscape
What does a legend on a map tell you?
What does a legend on a map tell you?
What does a compass rose on a map indicate?
What does a compass rose on a map indicate?
What does a map's scale show?
What does a map's scale show?
'Latitude and longitude lines can tell you your exact location on the planet.' - This statement is:
'Latitude and longitude lines can tell you your exact location on the planet.' - This statement is:
'Most maps have certain things in common. One of them is lines that show country borders and major rivers.' - This statement is:
'Most maps have certain things in common. One of them is lines that show country borders and major rivers.' - This statement is:
What do nautical maps primarily show?
What do nautical maps primarily show?
What do geologic maps primarily display?
What do geologic maps primarily display?
What is the primary purpose of a map's legend or key?
What is the primary purpose of a map's legend or key?
Which type of map would be most useful for understanding the distribution of mineral resources in a specific region?
Which type of map would be most useful for understanding the distribution of mineral resources in a specific region?
What do historical maps primarily illustrate?
What do historical maps primarily illustrate?
What do labels on a map typically explain?
What do labels on a map typically explain?
What does a compass rose on a map indicate?
What does a compass rose on a map indicate?
What is the primary purpose of a map's scale?
What is the primary purpose of a map's scale?
What do physical maps primarily display?
What do physical maps primarily display?
Maps are just representations of some part of the earth's surface.
Maps are just representations of some part of the earth's surface.
Physical maps primarily show natural features like mountains, rivers, and lakes.
Physical maps primarily show natural features like mountains, rivers, and lakes.
Political maps always show unchanging borders of areas like countries, states, and cities.
Political maps always show unchanging borders of areas like countries, states, and cities.
Historical maps illustrate movements of people, changing borders, battles, and other historical events.
Historical maps illustrate movements of people, changing borders, battles, and other historical events.
Nautical maps primarily show the distribution of mineral resources in a specific region.
Nautical maps primarily show the distribution of mineral resources in a specific region.
Symbols on a map are little pictures used to represent anything.
Symbols on a map are little pictures used to represent anything.
A legend on a map tells you what the symbols, lines, and colors represent.
A legend on a map tells you what the symbols, lines, and colors represent.
Labels on a map typically explain something about the map.
Labels on a map typically explain something about the map.
A compass rose on a map shows the ratio between the distance on the map and the distance in real life.
A compass rose on a map shows the ratio between the distance on the map and the distance in real life.
Latitude and longitude lines can tell you your exact location on the planet.
Latitude and longitude lines can tell you your exact location on the planet.
