Caribbean

• 1.The use of the atlas
• A map is a flat representation of places on the Earth's surface.
• Maps present information in a simple visual way
• The importance of maps: Maps give acurrate information.
• Types of maps: Political, Relief, Climate, Resources, Population, Geology.
• .Political map: Shows the state and national boundaries of a place
• Shows the location of cities and towns in relation to each other.
• Physical/Relief : Map shows the physical features such as rivers, mountains, valleys, forests, lakes. They also show the height of the land.
• The feature are usually shown in different colours and symbols : rivers and lakes: blue height/elevation : Low elevation in dark green and as elevation increase colours go from light green to yellow to orange.
• Climate map: Shows the information about the climate of different areas.
• Climatic map shows colours to show areas with different climates.