This document discusses different types of maps and their key elements. It explains that thematic maps show specific topics like physical features, climate, political boundaries, and population characteristics. The most common elements of maps that allow them to be read are the title, legend, compass rose, and scale. The title indicates what the map shows, the legend explains symbols, the compass rose orients the four cardinal directions, and the scale allows distances on the map to be measured against real distances. Examples are given of how to use a map scale to calculate distances between locations.

1. Mrs. Gladimar de Jesús
C.E.T. Colegio Myrang

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 Maps are valuable for the study of geography. There
is a great variety of maps. As you become familiar
with them you will realize that they differ by the
kind of information they contain or their use.
 View the following examples of maps:
The language of maps

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The language of maps

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The language of maps

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The language of maps

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The language of maps

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 What can you observe in this maps?
 What they have in common?
 Did you think that real distance between places are
like this little?
 Why the maps needs title?
 What information the legend brings?
The language of maps

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Thematic maps are maps that offer information about a
specific topic. Some kinds of thematic maps are:
 Topographic or physical maps show detailed physical
aspects of the landscape, such as mountains, rivers,
lakes, seas, and oceans.
 Climatic maps show weather conditions predominant
in one region.
The language of maps;
Thematic maps

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 Political maps show countries, cotoes, and borders.
 Population maps display charavteristics of groups of
people who inhabit the Earth. For example, age and
gender.
 Touristic maps shows places to visit.
The language of maps;
Thematic maps

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 Learning to read a map is an important skill to
acquire, because it will help us to be oriented in our
daily lives. That is why cartographers have created a
language for maps that allows us to read and
interpret them. The most common elements of this
language are:
 Title
 Legend
 Compass rose, and
 Scale
The language of maps

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The language of maps

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 The maps title tells us the name of the region and
what is about. What is the title of this map? What is
the subject?
The language of maps;
Maps title

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 The legend or key explains the symbols used on the
map. The symbols may be colors, lines, or others.
Can you identify any symbol? What does it look
like? What does it mean?
The language of maps;
Legend

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 The compass rose is a drawing that shows the four
cardinal points: north (N), south (S), east (E), and west
(W), besides the intermediate points: northwest
(NW), southwest (SW), northeast (NE), and southeast
(SE). They are called intermediate because they are
located between two cardinal points.
The language of maps;
Compass Rose

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 The scale is used to compare and measure the real
distance represented in the map in a reduce size.
 Is also known as a graphic scale, is a small ruler that
indicates how many units of real distance (in
kilometers or miles) are equivalent to each
centimeter in the map.
The language of maps;
Scale

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 The following illustration’s graphic scale shows that
each map segment ( ) is equivalent to ten real
kilometers. To find out how many centimeters there
are in each segment, use a ruler and follow the steps
below:
 Place the ruler on the scale.
 Place the first ruler mark at the 0 on the scale.
 Find the number on the ruler closest to the number on
the scale. That number will indicate how many
centimeters in the map are equivalent to 10 kilometers.
The language of maps;
Finding the distance on the map

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The language of maps;
Finding the distance on the map
 Look at the illustration
and try to calculate the
kilometers between
Coloco and Margarita,
in the copy provided by
the teacher.

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 Taken from:
 Santillana Social Studies 5 textbook; pages 12 – 15
 Images from:
 Google images,
 Santillana Social Studies 5 text book; page14 and 15
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