Question

What is a map? Describe its major features.

Answer 1

It is a representation of the Earth’s surface or its part on a flat surface according to scale. Maps are useful for various purposes. A map shows a large area on a small scale.

1. It gives much information as a book. 

2. Maps can be made for different purposes. 

3 A collection of these maps can give detailed information.

Answer 2

Maps present information about the world in a simple, visual way. They teach about the world by showing sizes and shapes of countries, locations of features, and distances between places. Maps can show distributions of things over Earth, such as settlement patterns.