Map Assignments
Name __________________
Geography 188
Vogeler
Amana Colonies
(Grader: _________________)
Middle Amana Quadrangle, IA
7.5 minute series (1:24,000)
General Questions
1. The Amana colonies started in which country: __________
and in which year: ___________.
2. The Amana settlers arrived in which U.S. state: __________
and in which year: __________
3. How many members settled in Iowa in 1855? __________
4. Name the oldest villages; rank them from 1 to 3:
1) _____________
2)_____________ 3)______________
5. The large residential buildings (apartments) housed what? __________
6. In the communal kitchens, men and women and children ate at __________
7. When did they abandoned their communalism? __________
8. The Amana Society today manages how many acres? __________
Topographic Map Questions
9. Which Interstate highway runs to the south of the colonies? __________
10. What site (defined as physical characteristic of a particular location) do the Amana
villages occupy on the topographic map in relationship to the physical environments?
_____________________________________________________________
2) What map symbols (excluding rivers, roads, and fields) do West Amana and High
Amana have in common?
Use words to describe
map symbol
location within or related to the villages
map symbols
(not compass directions)
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
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3) Draw a cross section of High Amana
through Section 30 (from elevation 721
feet) and Section 19 (to 850 feet), as
shown on the map. Use the cross section
diagram provided on the next page.
Be sure to use the original topographic map
in the library to make the cross section.
Add building type symbols and probable
land uses, and label any other relevant
features on the cross-section on the next
page.
****** delete this section when you hand-in this assignment! *********
Drawing a topographic cross section
1) Enter values in the cells for the elevation in feet from the specific topographic map.
This example is not correct!
topographic points 1
2
elevation in feet 721 750
3
30
4
30
5
80
6
7
8
9
10 11 12
80 100 100 150 20 600 300
2) Double click on the table, which is actually an EXCEL spreadsheet) and then select the
two rows of topographic points and elevation in feet.
3) Then, click on Quick Analysis icon (bottom right-hand corner), then select Charts and
pick Line.
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4) Select only the chart in the highlighted EXCEL, copy it and paste into WORD, like
this: (BE SURE THAT YOU SET THE LEFT-HAND COLUMN TO MIMUM OF 721
AND MAXIUM OF 850 – THIS WILL GIVE YOU THE DESIRED CROSS
SECTION.) If you get an almost straight line (because the numbers start at zero),
this is not correct.
Chart Title
861
841
821
801
781
761
741
721
1
2
3
4
5
6
topographic points
7
8
9
10
11
12
elevation in feet
1) Change the "Chart Title" to the name of the specific cross section, including the place
and state and delete the legend on the right (it tells us nothing and takes up space)
2) Add symbols and text to your finished cross section.
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4) Describe the settlement pattern on the uplands north of the Amana villages. In other words,
how are the farmsteads arranged on the top third of the topographic map?
__________________________________________________________________________
5) Swedenborg Ch(urch) is located at the top third of the topographic map. “borg” stands for
castle, or settlement. What is the national (country, ethnic) origin of the people who
probably settled in the scattered farmsteads? __________ Type ”what is the religion of
most swedes in USA?” in Google.
Now infer this ethnic group’s religion, be as specific as possible (don’t look up Swedenborg,
but only the ethnic group in Google, if you do not know) ______________, and the group’s
social organization (in contrast to the Amana colonies) _________________.
6) How are field sizes (not shapes) different between the individual farms and the Amana
villages? _________________________________________________________________
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