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Chapter-12

Maps and Globes


Keywords:
1. Sketch
2. Plan
3. Observation
4. Atlas
5. Elements
6. Symbols
7. Title
8. Direction
9. Scale
10. Features
11. Legend
12. Measurement
13. Airport
14. Railway
15. Hospital
16. Globe
17. Countries
18. Countries
19. Architect
20. Continents

Answer the following in one sentence:


1. What are landmarks?
Ans. Landmarks are objects or features that help us to easily
recognize or find a place.
2. What is a sketch?
Ans. A sketch is a rough drawing of the location of a place or
an object from observation and memory.
3. What features of the Earth are represented on a globe?
Ans. Continents, countries, seas, ocean, mountains are some
of the features represented on the Globe.
4. What is a globe?
Ans. A Globe is a model of the Earth. It gives us an idea of
how planet Earth looks.
5. What do symbols on a map indicate?
Ans. Symbols on a map are used to show landmarks and
different features like Roads, buildings, bridges, trees,
railway lines etc.
6. What is a title?
Ans. A title tells us about the map and the type of
information we get from it.
7. What is a scale?
Ans. Scale is a measurement marked on a map which
represents the actual distance on the earth. Example if the
distance between the house and the school is 5km. this is
shown on a map by using 1cm. then the scale on the map is
1cm=5km.
8. How is a scale very important in any map?
Ans: A scale is very important in any map as it can be used
to calculate the distance between any two places on a map.
II. Answer the following questions in 2-3 sentences.
1. Write the two advantages of a map?
Ans. Some of the advantages of the map are:
 A map is easy to carry around
 A map can show many details such as roads, railways,
etc.
 A map can guide us on how to reach different places
2. Write the differences between a globe and a map.
Ans.
Globe Map
A globe is a model of the A map is a drawing of the
earth. earth on a flat surface.
A globe is difficult to carry A map is easy to carry
around. around.
A globe shows details like A map can show many more
continents, countries, oceans, details such as roads,
seas, etc. railways, bridges, etc.

3. What are the different types of maps? How are landmarks


useful?
Ans. Some of the different types of maps are -map of the
world, map of a continent and map of a country.
Landmarks are objects or features that help us to easily
recognize or find a place.
4. What is a key or legend? State one advantage of using a
key?
Ans: A key or a legend is a list of symbols that appear on a
map.
A key or legend helps us to understand the representation of
symbols and colours used in a map.
5. Why do we use a globe?
Ans: We use a globe to study Earth as a whole because a
globe is a model of the Earth and it represents the Earth
surface more accurately than a flat map. It shows details like
continents, countries, oceans, seas etc,.
IV. Give reasons.
a. Symbols are used in maps.
Ans: Symbols and colours represent different features of the
Earth on a map like roads, rivers, forest, oceans, bridges etc.
which helps us to easily recognize a place.
b. Scale is used to draw maps.
Ans: Scale is very important in any maps. A scale is a
measurement marked on a map which represents the actual
distance on the earth. It can be used to calculate the
distance between any two places on a map.

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