Chapter 1 POLITICAL MAP Imagine you are trying to find buried treasure You have a map that leads the way An X on the map marks the spot of the treasure You don't see an on the ground of al course But thanks to the map you know exactly where to dig win Maps can show us many things about a place What does this map show WW a
Maps can serve many purposes A map may show the location of treasure It may show natural features on Earth such as mountains and deserts A map may show places that have been created by people It may show the borders that separate these places These borders aren't features of the land the way mountains or deserts are They are imaginary like the X on the treasure map A map that shows human places and their borders is called a political map PERSTA ARABIA This is a political map of the Middle East It shows what the area looked like in
A political map may show different countries and their capitals It may show states provinces counties cities and other important places Any place that was created by people might appear on a political map C AN A DA Maine Montened August R South Dakota St Pierre Hartford Pennsylvania New York 2 Philadelphia Trenton Nebraska Sacramento Carson City Salt Lake City Des Moines Lincoln Annapolis Washigton DC St Louis Charlie Iranto Jefferson City Kentucky Nashville Santa Fe eness Merced Carolina Phoenix Arkansas Memphis Oklahoma City Leede Rock in Mexico Atlanta Carol Atlantic cea Montgomery Ocean Tail Austin Florida MEXICO Gulf of Mexico assad A map like this one may be hanging in your classroom Maps that show states are political
Winnipeg akota Ottawa Bismarck Minnesot Dakota St Paul Wisconsin Toronto Michig New Madison Lansing Detroit Pennsylvani Iowa hicag Philadelph braska Ohio Harrisburg Des Moines Lincoln a linois Indiana L Columbus West Indianapolis Topeka St Louis This political map shows the Great Jefferson City Lakes They are the blue part of the Kansas Missouri map near Michigan and other northern Oklahoma states But it does not show smaller lakes within these states No single map can show everything For this reason cartographers people who make maps choose what places they want to emphasize They include only the features that will be important to people using the map A political map may show important bodies of water such as rivers and lakes But you probably will not see mountains or deserts on a political map You'll mostly just see human made
