This document discusses different types of maps and their purposes. It describes physical maps, political maps, and special purpose maps. Physical maps show landscape features like mountains and rivers, political maps show national and local boundaries, and special purpose maps focus on specific topics like climate, resources, or history. The document also identifies common parts of maps, including the title, compass rose, legend, scale, and locator map. It provides examples of each to explain how to read and understand maps.

1. Maps 6th Grade
I.O. I will identify the different types
of maps and determine how we use
them to gain historical and
geographic knowledge.
Entry slip - Have you ever used a
map before? Why did you use it?

2. Maps 8th Grade
 L.O. I will identify the different types and
parts of maps and determine how we use
them to gain historical and geographic
knowledge.
 Entry slip – What are differences
between a Physical Map, Political Map,
and Special Purpose Map?

3. Map Types
 Physical
 Political
 Special Purpose
 Maps give us lots of useful information
about a place and can even tell us about
it’s history.

4. Civil War Map- What do
you observe?

5. Physical Map
 A physical map is one that shows the physical
landscape features( land and water) of a place.
They generally show things like mountains,
rivers and lakes and water is always shown
with blue. Mountains and elevation changes
are usually shown with different colors and
shades to show relief. Normally on physical
maps green shows lower elevations while
browns show high elevations.

7. Political map
 A political map does not show physical
features. It instead focuses solely on the state
and national boundaries of a place. They also
include the locations of cities - both large and
small, depending on the detail of the map. A
common type of political map would be one
showing the 50 U.S. states and their borders
along with the United States' north and south
international borders

9. Special Purpose
 Can include maps about one specific
topic.
 Climate
 Resources
 Population
 Historical
 Elevation (topography)

11. Topographical map
 A topographic map uses contour lines instead
of colors to show changes in the landscape.
Contour lines on topographic maps are
normally spaced at regular intervals to show
elevation changes (e.g. each line represents a
100 foot (30 m) elevation change) and when
lines are close together the terrain is steep.

13. Map Parts
 Title- Tells you the subject of the map.
 Compass Rose- Tells you the direction.
 Legend- Tells you how to read the map.
 Scale- Tells you distance.
 Locater map- Tells you where the place
is located within a bigger region.

14. TITLE

15. Compass rose
Cardinal Points
North
South
East
West
Ordinal Points
Northeast
Southeast
Southwest
Northwest

16. Compass Rose

17. Legend or Map Key

18. Scale

19. Locator Map

20. Group Work

22. Exit Slip
 How can understanding maps help us
understand geography?