Advertisements
Advertisements
Question
Take the help of your atlas to make a list of thematic maps. Describe any two maps from your list.
Advertisements
Solution
Thematic maps shows the distribution of forests, crops, minerals, and industries.
The types of Thematic maps are :
- Ranged maps.
- Point density maps
- Proportional symbol maps
- Maps with pie or bar charts.
- Grided maps.
The other two maps are :
- Political maps show the boundaries of administrative units such as countries, states, and districts. Different types of boundaries are shown with different symbols. They also show the locations of cities, towns, and villages.
- Physical maps show the landforms and water bodies on the Earth’s surface, such as mountains, plateaus, plains, rivers, lakes, and seas. The different features are shown in different colours.
APPEARS IN
RELATED QUESTIONS
State whether the following sentence is true (T) or false (F).
A globe is used to study the earth as a whole.
State whether the following sentence is true (T) or false (F).
Political maps show the natural features of the earth.
Very Short Answer Type Question:
What do physical maps show?
Long Answer Type Question:
Give an account of ‘direction’ as a major component of a map.
In the following sentences, underline the words that represent landforms and prepare signs or symbols for them.
Sonali lives just beyond Mount Takmak.
Prepare sign and symbol for the following component:
Hospital
The given map shows height through the use of colours. However, one colour representation is wrong. Write which colour would be correct in its place.
Map is an essential tool for a traveller why?
The map-maker is called ______.
Match the following:
| A | B | ||
| 1. | Maps | a. | Detailed information sites |
| 2. | Early times material | b. | Snow |
| 3. | Red | c. | papyrus |
| 4. | White | d. | Cartography |
| 5. | Digital maps | e. | Settlements roads |
