Map types by alivia butler 10/23/13

Political, Physical, and Topographic Maps Political map-shows state and national boundaries; locations of cities. Physical map-shows mountains rivers and lakes. Topographic map-has contour lines instead of colors to show landscape.

Climate map-shows weather of an area and climate zones. Economic or resource map-specific type of natural resource in an area. Road map-shows major and minor highways and roads Thematic map-focus on a special topic or a special theme.

Latitude and longitude Latitude-lines that run east to west . Longitude-lines that run north to south. *measured in degrees. *latitude first; then longitude .

scales Scale-measures a distance between two locations.

Continents and oceans North America South America Atlantic ocean Antarctica Pacific ocean Europe Artic ocean Africa Indian ocean Asia Australia