Map Analysis Worksheet
1. TYPE OF MAP (check one):
____ Raised relief map
____ Topographic map
____ Political map
____ Contour-line map
____ Natural resource map
____ Military map
____ Birds-eye view
____ Artifact map
____ Satellite photograph/mosaic
____ Pictograph
____ Weather map
____ Other ( )
2. 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 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?
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C. What evidence in the map suggests why is was drawn?
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D. What information does the map add to the textbooks account
of this event?
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E. Does the information in this map support or contradict
information that you have read about this event? Explain.
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F. Write a question to the mapmaker that is left unanswered by this
map.
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Education Staff, National Archives and Records Administration, Washington, DC 20408.