1. Map Skills Cornell Notes By: A Smart Student From PCA (Kea’Erika King)

2. 1.)Define Map! A picture showing the features of a specific area.

3. 2.)What is the job of a cartographer? They make maps and describe the characteristics of a place.

4. 3.)What is the difference between navigation maps and road maps? Navigation Maps shows you how to get around by car, foot, bike, horse, or boat. Road Maps shows road ways for a car, truck, or motorcycle.

5. 4.)What is a Physical Map? A map that shows the surface of Earth in a great detail.

6. 5.)What is a Topographic Map? More detailed kind of Physical Map.

7. 6.)Define Elevation! The height of a land above sea level.

8. 7.)What is a Climate Map? Shows the average weather, or patterns of weather common to an area over a number of years.

9. 8.)What is a Thematic Map? Shows how things like crops, population, or rainfall are distributed.

10. 9.)What is a Political Map? Shows the boundaries between areas defined by a government such as nations, states, counties, cities, and towns.