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Maps. 3 types of maps  Physical  Political  Special purpose.

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1 Maps

2 3 types of maps  Physical  Political  Special purpose

3 The World Political  Political maps show how people have divided places on the Earth into countries, states, cities and other units for the purpose of governing them.

4 Political Maps  Lets look at some examples of political maps.

5 Political Maps

6 The World Physical  Physical maps show what the surface of the Earth looks like.

7 Physical Maps  Lets look at am examples of a physical map.

8 Physical Maps  There are different types of physical maps. Relief Maps – Show the difference in height between land Elevation Maps – Show the elevation, or height above sea level.

9 Oceans of the World  The world has five major oceans.  Atlantic  Pacific  Arctic  Indian  Southern Pacific ocean Southern ocean Arctic ocean Indian ocean Atlantic ocean

10 Special Purpose Maps

11 Global Climates  This map shows the general climate regions of the world.

12 World Religions  Religious beliefs help define a people’s culture, so to understand a people, it is important to consider what religions influence that group.

13 Resource map Shows the resources of an area of the world.

14 Product map Shows the products from a given area of the world.

15 Population Map A map that shows different population of the world it is an example of a thematic map. Also, shows a certain area of population.

16 Vegetation map Maps which locate different kinds of plant cover in a geographic area.

17 Topographic Map

18 Road Maps Can Look Like This Or This

19 South America


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