DPS MODERN INDIAN SCHOOL, DOHA, QATAR

SOCIAL SCIENCE - 2020-2021

Students Name / Roll No: Grade /Section: VI

Subject: Geography Month: October

INSTRUCTION: Read Chapter 4 - Maps

QUESTION & ANSWERS

Q1. Define the following: -

1. Scale: A scale is the ratio between the distance on a map and the
actual distance on the ground.

2. Sketch: A rough drawing of a place drawn without a scale or

conventional symbols.

3. Plan: A plan is a detailed drawing of a small area drawn on a very

large scale.

Q2. How are maps useful to us?

Ans: Maps are useful to students and common people in the following
ways:
1. They are easy to handle and can be carried everywhere.
2. Many provide a lot of information to planners, sailors, pilots, drivers,
miners, etc.
3. Even the strategies of an army depend on information provide in
maps.
Q3. What are the advantages and disadvantages of a Map?
Ans: Advantages: -
1. A map is a representation of the Earth as a whole, or a part of the
Earth drawn on a flat surface.
2. It can show continents, countries, cities and even a local area with all
the details.
3. It is easy to handle and to carry as it can be rolled or folded.
Disadvantages:
1. A flat map cannot accurately show the curved surface of the Earth.
2. When a map is drawn, the shapes and sizes of the continents and
oceans get distorted.
Q4. What are cardinal directions and intermediate directions?
Ans: 1.There are four cardinal directions – north, south, east and west.
2. The directions in between the cardinal directions are the intermediate
directions.
3. They are northeast, northwest, southeast and southwest.
Q5. Distinguish between a small-scale map and a large-scale map?
Ans:
Small scale maps Large scale maps
1. Maps which show large areas of 1. Maps which show small areas
the Earth like continents or like a district or a town use a large
countries use a small scale like scale like 1cm=10km.
1cm= 1000 km.
2. They do not show any details. 2. They provide a lot of details.

Q6. What are the different types of maps? What do they show?
Ans: Maps are of various types, providing different kinds of information.
1. Political maps: show boundaries of administrative units such as
countries, states and districts.
2. Physical maps: show the landforms and water bodies on the Earth’s
surface, such as mountains, plateaus, plains, etc.
3. Topographical maps or contour maps: show great details of both
natural and man-made features of a small area, with the help of
conventional symbols.
4. Climatic maps: show weather conditions like temperature, pressure,
wind direction, rainfall, etc.
5. Tourist Maps: show details of places of tourist interest like hill
stations, beaches, etc.
6. Thematic maps: show the distribution of forests, crops, minerals,
industries, etc.