1. All About Maps
Grade 3 Geography
Ms. R’s class

2. What is a map?
• A map is a flat drawing of a
specific location, country,
or the world.
• A map looks as if it were
drawn from the view of
someone sitting in an
airplane.
What is a globe?
• A globe is a small model
of the Earth.

3. How do maps help us?
• Maps help us find our way from one
place to another.
• A map shows where things or places
are located.
• Maps can be used to show
how far one place is from another.

4. Map Components
Title
Compass
Scale
Map Key or Legend
Grid

5. • The title tells what the map is
about.
What is the title of this map?

6. • A compass rose tells the directions (which
way) on a map.
• It normally shows the four cardinal
directions. They are:
* North is at the top of a map.
* South is at the bottom of
a map.
* West is on the left side of
a map.
* East is on the right side of
a map.

7. Scale
• A scale shows the relationship
between the actual size of a location
and the map size.
For example, each
inch on the map
represents one mile
on Earth. So, a map of
a town would show a
mile-long strip of fast
food joints and auto
dealers in one inch.

8. Map Key or Legend
• The map key or legend shows the
symbols or colors on a map and
gives their meaning.

9. Grid
The latitude and longitude are imaginary
lines to help us find the exact point of a
location.

10. Kinds of Map
POLITICAL
PHYSICAL
AND
THEMATIC

11. Political Map
• A political map shows the borders and
boundaries of a country, state, region or city.
• They usually
include important
bodies of water.
• A political map
often change
because of wars
or conflict.

12. Physical Map
• A physical map shows natural
landforms, bodies of water, and
features of a country, region, or the
world.

13. Thematic Map
• A thematic map is designed to show a
specific information or data.
• Examples of
information can be
about:
• Population
• Religion
• Weather
• Food
• Natural Resources

14. END