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District Boundary Police Station PS

Metalled Roads Stream

Unmetalled Roads Canal
Railway Line Broad Gauge River

Hospital Dam

Level Crossing Well and Tank
Bridge Forest

Capital of Country Temple
State Capital Church

City/Town Mosque

map : a drawing of the whole or part of the earth’s surface.

cartography : the art or process of drawing or making maps.
distance : how far one point or place is from another.
scale : the ratio between map distance and actual distance.
sign/symbol : a word, letter, number, picture etc., with a certain meaning.

Facts

• A map has several advantages over a globe.

• Two major types of maps are physical and political maps.
• The four cardinal directions are East, West, North and South.
• A sub-direction is the place located at the meeting point of two cardinal directions.

• A scale is the ratio between ground distance and map distance.
• The four main colours used on a map are blue, brown, yellow and green.
• The use of signs and symbols on a map helps us understand a map better.

XERCISE

A. Tick (3) the right option :

1. A ____________ is made on the plain surface.
(a) map (b) globe (c) both of these
2. A ____________ map shows land features and water bodies.
(a) political (b) physical (c) both of these

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