INDIAN SCHOOL MUSCAT
MIDDLE SECTION
DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SCIENCE
MAPS
NAME: _______________________ CLASS VSEC: __ ROLL NO:__ DATE: __.04.2015
I. FILL IN THE BLANKS.
1. A _________________ is a drawing of the Earth or a part of it on a flat surface.
2. A book of maps is called as an___________________.
3. A person who makes maps is called a _______________________________ .
4. The map gives more ___________________ and
___________________informationas compared to a globe.
5. The word ‘Map’comes from a Latin word _________________which means
_________________ napkin.
6. A map is always drawn on a __________________ surface.
7. A map without a scale is called a _________________.
8. The ________________ and__________________ used in the maps are universal.
9. If north is at the top in a map, west is to the ___________________.
10. There are _________________ sub directions.
II. NAME THE FOLLOWING.
1. The maps showing different countries or different states in a country.
_________________________
2. The ratio between the size of the map and the actual area. _____________________
3. A map which shows natural features. _______________________
4. The language of the map. _____________________
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III. MATCH THE FOLLOWING.
No:
1
COLUMN - A
Oceans and rivers
a
COLUMN - B
Colour and symbols
1
-
2
Mountains
b
PS
2
-
3
Police Station
c
A dot inside a circle
3
-
4
Legend
d
Brown
4
-
5
Capital of a country
e
Blue
5
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IV. ANSWER THE FOLLOWING IN ONE POINT.
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Define a map.
What are political maps?
What are physical maps?
Mention the language of a map.
Why do we use a scale for the map?
What are major directions?
V. ANSWER THE FOLLOWING IN TWO POINT .
1. In what ways is a map more useful than a globe?
VI. ANSWER THE FOLLOWING IN FOUR POINT .
1. How are directions usually shown in maps?
VII. ON THE OUTLINE MAP OF WORLD MARK THE CONTINENTS AND
OCEANS
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