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प्रश्न
Answer the following question in one or two paragraphs.
Explain the functions of the north line and legend on a map.
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उत्तर
The direction on a map is measured with the help of the north line.
All maps have a key or a legend that explains the colours, signs, and symbols used in them.
The equator (0° latitude) divides the earth into the hemispheres — the northern and the southern hemispheres. All lines of latitude are measured from the equator.
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संबंधित प्रश्न
Answer the following question in brief.
What is a legend or key?
Name the line of latitude that divides the earth into the northern and southern hemispheres.
Answer the following question in one or two paragraphs.
What are the five different elements of a map? Explain them briefly.
Find latitudes and longitudes:
You will need an atlas. Turn to the index pages and find the latitudes and longitudes of these Indian cities.
| Place | Latitude | Longitude |
| i. Delhi | __________ | _________ |
| ii. Kolkata | _________ | _________ |
| iii. Mumbai | _________ | _________ |
| iv. Chennai | _________ | _________ |
| v. Bengaluru | _________ | _________ |
| vi. Srinagar | _________ | _________ |
Make a clay globe in your art class and mark the major latitudes and longitudes using the following colours. Blue, green, and brown.
How would you recognize a metalled road and an unmetalled one on a topographical map?
What are the elements of maps? Write about it?
The ______ of a map describes the information given in the map.
A sign is a widely used ______ or a ______ pattern.
Match the following.
| Sr. No. | Colour | Features | |
| 1. | Brown | a. | Settlements, Road |
| 2. | Yellow | b. | Forest |
| 3. | Green | c. | Water bodies |
| 4. | Blue | d. | Agriculture |
| 5. | Red | e. | Mountain, Hells |
