This document provides an overview of different types of maps, including road maps, topographical maps, physical maps, political maps, and climate maps. It describes some key features of each type of map, such as showing major and minor highways on road maps and using contour lines to show landscape changes on topographical maps. It prompts the reader to scan QR codes for more information on each map type and complete questions or activities.

1. An overview of the types of maps
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2. • Show major and minor highways
• Shows airports, city locations and points of interest
Scan the QR Code to find information about
Road Maps. Answer these questions on your
fact sheet.
Major highways are generally shown in
______________.
Minor roads are a ____________ color and have a
narrow line.

3. • Shows different physical landscape features
• Uses contour lines instead of colors to show changes
in the landscape
Scan the QR Code to find information about
Topographical Maps. List two ways topographical
maps would be useful if you were on a hiking
trip.

4. • Shows the physical landscape features of a place
• Physical Maps show things like country borders,
major cities and significant bodies of water
Scan the QR Code to find information about
Physical Maps. Answer these questions on your
fact sheet.
In addition to country borders, major cities and
significant bodies of water, physical maps indicate
the location of _____________________. Some
examples of this are ___________, _____________,
and _________________.

5. • Shows state and national boundaries of a place.
• Include locations of cities- both small and large
Scan the QR Code to find information about
Political Maps. Draw a picture of one of the
political maps shown on this site.

6. • Shows information about the climate of an area
• Shows specific climate zones of an area based on
temperature, the amount of snow or average
number of cloudy days
Scan the QR Code to find information about
Climate Maps. What is the name of a person
who draws maps?