The document discusses maps and globes. It explains that globes are spherical models of the Earth that show accurate positioning of landmasses and oceans, but lack detail and cannot show the entire Earth at once. Maps are flat representations that show specific areas and details better than globes. There are different types of maps like political, physical, and thematic maps. Maps use symbols, colors, scale, and directions to represent various geographic features and locations.

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2. MAPS AND GLOBES
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4.  What do you think when
the ship reaches at the
horizon?
Does it disappear?

5.  THE VANISHING OF SHIP
TELLS THAT EARTH IS
ROUND IN SHAPE NOT
FLAT.

6.  In ancient time people believed that earth is flat. But
Ferdinand Magellan , a Portuguese explorer , sailed
around the Earth and proved that earth is round in
shape.

7.  However it is not
perfect round it is
round like orange
bulging at the
middle and slightly
flat at the top and
the bottom.

8.  The region at the top of
the Earth is the North
pole and at the bottom is
the South pole.

9. Globe :-
 A is model of the Earth.
 Globes are always mounted on an axle
Stand.
 The axle’s tilt is same as tilt of the Earth’s axis.
 A globe accurately represents the disruption of
continents and oceans on the Earth.

10. Problems with globes:-
 A globe does not show details of landforms , location
of small towns and other such information .
 Globe do not show the entire Earth at a time.
 Larger globes are difficult to handle.
 It is also difficult to carry globes around.

11. Map:-
 A world map also represents the Earth.
 It is drawing of different parts of the world on a flat
surface or on a paper.
 Maps show specific details of areas very well.
 They are also very convenient to carry.

12. Types of maps:-
 There are many types of map , such as political map ,
physical map and thematic map

13.  Political Maps: - A political map of a country, a
country shows political features of a country, such as
states, provinences, capital cities and major towns.
 Physical Maps :- The physical map shows landforms
and water bodies like mountains , plains , pleatues ,
valleys , rivers , seas and oceans.

14.  Thematic Maps :- Thematic maps wich show special
features of a region . Thematic maps include maps
showing distribution of rainfall , vegetation, industries
, etc .

15. Political map Physical map Thematic maps

16. Sings and Symbols :-
 Maps use various sings and symbols to depict
different features.
 If you see a map closely , you would find sings and
symbols depicting rivers , roadways , railways ,
temples , schools , etc.
 These sings and symbols are also known as
conventional sings and symbols.

17.  Each map contains a key or a legend to help us to
understand the symbols used on that map.

18. Colors on Maps:-
 A map also uses different colors to depict different
landforms and water bodies .
 Green on map represents plain area on a map while
yellow represent deserts .
 Mountains and highlands are represented by brown ,
while oceans and other water bodies are represented
by the shades of blue .

19. Directions and Scale :-
Directions :-
 Directions are very important to study maps.
 They are used to correctly locate a place on a map .

20.  There are four main directions on a map .
 They are north , south , east and west.
 There are also four sub – directions on a map . They
are:-

21.  North – East – between north and east
 South – East – between south and east
 South – west – between south and west
 North – West – between north and west

22. Did you know?
With the help of compass we
Identify directions.

23. Scale :-
 You will find a small ruler – like symbol in lower right
side of map .
 This is called scale of map .
 A scale is used because it is not possible to show
actual distances between places on map .
 It is the ratio between the distance on the map and
the real distance on the ground.