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Class -6
Chapter 4
Maps
F.M. 30
Section -A
Q1. Fill in the blanks: – (1X5=5)
i.) Maps showing distribution of forests is called a____________ map.
ii.) In a sketch ________ is not needed
iii.) Maps use ________ language understood by all.
iv.) The blue color in a map is used for showing _______.
v.) A compass is used to find __________ direction.
Q2. Match the following: – (1X5=5)
A B
i.) Towns, villages, countries on a map a. Symbols
ii.) North, South, East, West b. ratio between actual distance and
distance on map
iii.) Picture of various items on a map c. Miniature earth
iv.) Scale d. Cardinal points
v.) Globe e. Political map
Q3. Write True and False (1X5=5)
i.) A globe is used to study the earth as a whole.
ii.) Political maps show the natural features of the earth.
iii.) There are four intermediate directions.
iv.) Large-scale maps give less information than small-scale maps.
v.) Brown color is used to show mountains.
Section -B
Q4. Very Short Answer Type Questions: (1X4=4)
i.) What are the three components of a map?
ii.) Name the four cardinal directions.
iii.) What is an Atlas??
iv.) What is a compass?
Section -C
Q5. Short Answer Type Questions: (2X2=4)
i.) Give a description of large-scale maps.
ii) Why colors are used in a map?
Section -D
Q6. Long Answer Type Questions: – (1X3=3)
i.) Differentiate between Political and Thematic maps.
OR
ii.) Differentiate between maps and globes?
Section -E
Q7. Read the given passage and answer the following questions: – (1X4=4)
Symbol is the third important component of a map. It is not possible to draw on a map the actual shape and size of different features such as buildings, roads, bridges, trees, railway lines or a well. So, they are shown by using certain letters, shades, colours, pictures and lines These symbols give a lot of information in a limited space. With the use of these symbols, maps can be drawn easily and are simple to read. Even if you don’t know the language of an area and therefore cannot ask someone for directions, you can collect information from maps with the help of these symbols. Maps have a universal language that can be understood by all. There is an international agreement regarding the use of these symbols. These are called conventional symbols. Various colours are used for the same purpose. For example, generally blue is used for showing water bodies, brown for mountain, yellow for plateau and green is used for plains.
i.) What is a symbol in a map?
ii.) Why are symbols used?
iii.) What are conventional symbols?
iv.) Which color is used for mountains, rivers, plateau and plains?
Answers
Section -A
Q1. Fill in the blanks: –
i.) physical maps
ii.) scale
iii.) universal
iv.) water
v.) north
Q2. Match the following:
i.) e. Political map
ii.) d. Cardinal points
iii.) a. Symbols
iv.) b. Ratio between actual distance and distance on map
v.) c. Miniature earth
Q3. True or false
i.) True
ii.) False
iii.) True
iv.) False
v.) True
Section -B
Q4. Very Short Answer Type Questions:
i.) The three components of a map are distance, direction and symbol.
ii.) The four cardinal points are North, South, East and West.
iii.) A collection of many maps in the form of a book is called Atlas.
iv.) Compass is a magnetic instrument to find out directions
Section -C
Q5. Short Answer Type Questions:
i.) A large-scale map is used when a small area like a city, village, or town is shown on paper in a larger and detailed way. On a large-scale map,5 cm on the map shows 500 metres only on the ground. These maps give more information than small-scale maps.
ii.) Different colours are used in a map to represent different physical features of the earth’s surface. Light blue represents water features. Brown colour represents land features such as roads, mountains. Green is used for drawing trees and natural vegetation and symbols are drawn using black and red to represent construction features on a map. Colours help to identify different things easily.
Section -D
Q6. Long Answer Type Questions:
i.) Political Maps – Maps which help to know about different cities, towns, and villages and different countries and states of the world along with their boundaries are called Political Maps.
Thematic Maps – Maps which provides information on any particular item like roads, rainfall in an area, maps showing the distribution of forests in a country, different types of industries etc are known as Thematic maps.
OR
ii.) Globes- A globe is a three-dimensional object It portrays the whole Earth. A globe provides a better knowledge of the earth and its shape and size. It can also be rotated as the Earth so the user can understand in detail about the movements of the earth and formation of day and night. It is made of hard material and cannot be folded.
Maps- Maps are two-dimensional rectangle objects. It shows only a portion of the earth’s surface in detail which provides better information for study. A person can learn about various things from a map like path of rivers, distribution of forests, area and size of a state and country, amount of rainfall in a particular area, types of farming practised in an area, types of industries etc. Maps are easily folded, carried from one place to another.
Section -E
Q6. Read the given passage and answer the following questions
i.) Symbols are certain type of letters, pictures, colors etc that are used in a map as the replica of original things present on the earth’s surface.
ii.) It is not possible to draw everything like mountain, forests, buildings, roads, bridges etc in its actual shape and size on a map, thus the symbols of these items are drawn by using different colors, letters, pictures etc for better understanding and study.
iii.) Maps use language and symbols that can be easily understood by everyone all around the world . This language is known as Conventional symbols.
iv.) Blue color is used for water bodies and brown color is used for mountains. Plateau is shown by yellow color ang plains are shown by green color.