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Karnataka State Syllabus Class 6 Social Science Geography Chapter 11 Globe and Maps
Class 6 Social Science Globe and Maps Textbook Questions and Answers
Question 1.
What is a globe?
Answer:
The Earth is Geord in shape and is represented by a ‘GLOBE’ which is the miniature model of the Earth.
Question 2.
Mention any two uses of a globe.
Answer:
- The globe is useful to know the shape of the Earth
- It helps us to understand the position, shape and size of the continents, oceans and seas.
Question 3.
What is a map?
Answer:
A diagrammatic representation of the whole earth, or a part of it, on a flat surface according to scale is called a ‘Map’.
Question 4.
Which are the different types of maps?
Answer:
Classification of Maps:
A) Based on scale
- Large scale maps
- Small scale maps
B) Based on purpose
- Physical maps
- Political maps
- Distribution naps
Question 5.
Mention any two uses of maps.
Answer:
- Maps help us to locate places like towns, cities, districts, states, countries and continents.
- They show the physical features such as mountains, plateaus, plains, coastal areas, islands, etc.
Question 6.
What is an Atlas?
Answer:
‘ATLAS’ is a collection of various types of maps, bound as a book.
Question 7.
What is a scale?
Answer:
A scale is a ratio between the distance on the map and the corresponding distance on the ground.
Question 8.
What are geographical symbols?
Answer:
Geographical symbol is a sign that stands for an object and are used widely in maps to give information.
Question 9.
Which are the major components of a map?
Answer:
The basic components of Map are:
- Title
- scale
- Latitudes and Longitudes
- Direction
- Index or key
Question 10.
What colour is used to show the water bodies in the map?
Answer:
Blue.
Class 6 Social Science Globe and Maps Additional Questions and Answers
Question 1.
What is‘Cartography’.
Answer:
‘CARTOGRAPHY’ is the science and art of map making.
Question 2.
What are Cadastral Maps?
Answer:
The maps which show individual property are Cadastral maps.
Question 3.
What are Topographical Maps.
Answer:
The maps which show detailed surface features are Topographical Maps.
Question 4.
Mention the types of small-scale Maps?
Answer:
Wall Maps and Atlas Maps.
Question 5.
What are Physical Maps?
Answer:
Physical maps represent the physical features such as mountains, plateaus, plains, rivers, etc.
Question 6.
What are Political Maps?
Answer:
Political maps show the political boundaries between states, countries and continents and their location, area, etc.
Question 7.
What are Distribution Maps?
Answer:
Distribution maps are used to show the distribution of definite features such as land use, temperature, rainfall, population, soils, natural vegetation, crops, minerals, industries, railways, roads, waterways etc.
Question 8.
What is Index or key on a map? Why is Index an important component of a map.
Answer:
Index or key symbol used to represent any feature is called index. The index is an important component and represents all the features shown on a map. Various colours and symbols are used in the index, e.g. blue colour for water bodies, green for lowlands, etc.
Question 9.
What does the Brown colour on a map represent?
Answer:
Brown colour represents hills or lower parts of mountains.
Question 10.
What does the symbol in the given picture repesent.
Answer:
River.