Identifying Map Types
Learning Objective
I can analyze the specific characteristics of diverse map types and explain how their features make them suitable for particular uses.
Practice Questions
This lesson includes 5 practice questions to reinforce learning.
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1. Explain the difference between a reference map and a thematic map. Give one example of each and describe what kind of information each map type typically shows.
2. Describe a situation where a road map would be more useful than a topographic map.
3. A city council is trying to understand the distribution of elderly residents in their city to better allocate resources for senior services. Which type of thematic map (chloropleth, dot density, graduated symbol, isoline, flowline, or cartogram) would be most effective for visualizing this data, and why?
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Reference and Thematic Maps
Mr. Sinn