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C1. Map Analysis Worksheet

1. TYPE OF MAP (Underline one):

Raised relief map             Topographic map           Political map         Contour-line map
Natural resource map             Military map             Bird's-eye view
Artifact map          Satellite photograph/mosaic              Pictograph
Weather map                      Other ( )

2.  UNIQUE PHYSICAL QUALITIES OF THE MAP (Check one or more):

____ Compass    ____ Handwritten     ____ Date    ____ Notations   ____ Scale   ____ Name of mapmaker  ____ Title   ____ Legend (key)      ____ Other

3. DATE OF MAP:

4. CREATOR OF THE MAP:

5. WHERE WAS THE MAP PRODUCED?
 
6. MAP INFORMATION

A. List three things in this map that you think are important:

    1. _____________________________________________

    2. _____________________________________________

    3. _____________________________________________


B. Why do you think this map was drawn?


C. What evidence in the map suggests why is was drawn?


D. What information does the map add to the textbook's account of this event?

E. Does the information in this map support or contradict information that you have read about this event? Explain.

F. Write a question to the mapmaker that is left unanswered by this map.


Designed and developed by the Education Staff, National Archives and Records Administration, Washington, DC 20408.