Grade-3 Social Science, Chapter-4 Maps
Chapter - 4
Topic: Maps
Section A
Tick the maps that were made in the olden
days.
Q.
Name a material used for making maps before people started using paper.
Ans-
People used leather or cloth for making maps before they started using paper.
Q.
These are common symbols you see. what do they mean? right below the symbol.
This
drawing is always seen on the maps. Complete it by filling in the directions.
What is it called? Write in the space below.
Compass
Rose
If
I was to make a map of a place, what colours should I use to make mountains,
lakes, forest and desserts? Write in the space below and colour the square near
to it.
Section B
Look at the map below and find the location
of the various buildings and complete the sentences by filling in the blanks.
(i)
The
house is on River Street, in the north-west.
(ii)
The library is between May Street and Main
Street, in the north-east.
(iii)
The post office is near May Street, in
the north.
(iv)
The school is on Main Street, in the west.
(v)
The police station is on Tree Street,
in the south-east direction.
(vi)
If Captain Orb walks northwards from the
police station, he can reach the River Mini.
(vii) There are two lakes. Lake Pure is in the
south-west and Frozen Lake is in the south.
Draw a compass in the centre of the map and a
tree in the east.
Section-C
Maps
have symbols to show things. what do you think will be the symbol for the
following? draw in the given space.
Section- D
Below is an outline map of an island. Shade
or mark and label your map to include the following:
a. A desert
b. Mountains
c. A lake
d. A plain
e. A sea
f. A city
g. Houses
h. A river
i. A Village
j. A road or railway that connects the city and village
Imagine and write the names for the city,
village, mountains, plain, sea, lake, river and desert.
Add a compass rose in an empty corner of the
map.
Section- E
Q. What is a map?
Ans- A map is the drawing of a place on flat surface.
Q. How does a map help us?
Ans- A map helps us
in following ways:
1- Locate
a place
2- Learn
about a place
3- Find
address
4- Find
our way, if we are lost
Q. What are the various things shown on maps?
Ans- Various things shown on maps are :
1- Landscape
including mountain, desert , river, lake, forest, plain etc.
2- Boundries
of countries,states, cities and villages
3- Man-made
features like houses, industries
4- Roads,
railway track, Highways
Q. Name four natural and four man-made
features shown on maps.
Ans- Four natural features-
1- Mountain
2- Desert
3- River
4- Plain
Four man-made features-
1- International
and State boundaries
2- Hut,
houses and buildings
3- Roads
4- Railway
lines
Q. What is a boundary?
Ans- The boundary of a place is where one area ends and the
other one starts.
Q. Give examples of things shown by symbols
on maps.
Ans- Following are the examples of things shown by symbols
on maps:
1- Road
2- Railway
line
3- Houses
4- River
or stream
5- Tree
6- Grass
Q. Give reasons
(a) Maps have symbols
Ans- Maps have symbols because it is not possible to draw
or have pictures of everything in a small place.
(b) Maps have a key
Ans- A key explains what all the symbols and colours on the
map mean.
Q. What colour usually reperesents:
Water bodies, Man-made
features, Planta or plains, Mountains or hills, Deserts
Ans- Water bodies-
Blue
Man-made
features- Red
Plant or
plains- Green
Mountains or
hills- Brown
Deserts-
Yellow
Q. What is a compass rose. Illustrate ine
here:
Ans- Compass rose is a figure drawn on map to display
orientation of cardinal directions and in-between points.
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