1. The Geographer’s Toolkit: Maps

7. What is a map? A representation of the earth’s features drawn on a flat surface Not a photograph – maps use symbols and colours to represent the features of an area

8. Maps We’ll be coming back to maps next week… making maps, reading maps, etc. For now let’s continue our look at Canada using some maps

9. Types of maps Maps can show many things –Political boundaries (countries, provinces) –Ecozones (climate, wildlife, landforms) –Statistics (population density, income, life expectancy, etc.)

13. Some interesting global maps Income Literacy Life expectancy Energy use Access to clean water Water consumption

20. Back to Canada Let’s start with some very basic map- making