1. Everybody needs Instructions Sometimes…
How to Read a Map
Everybody needs Instructions Sometimes…

3. Why is it important to know how to read a map?

4. Map Essentials Title: indicates what the map represents
Legend: indicates the meaning of symbols used to represent real-world features (e.g. cities, boundaries, rivers, train tracks,etc)
Scale: indicates the difference between distances on the map and distances in the real world.

5. Map Essentials Direction: (compass rose or north arrow)
Orientation on a map is very important. The cardinal points (North, South, East, West) are used to indicate direction to the map reader.
Border: sets the limits of the map.
Colour: used to represent certain features (esp. water is always BLUE)

7. How to Read a Map
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