Map Collections Transportation and Communication Additional Transportation and Communication Cartographic Items 7 – Iraq, Middle East. [1992] click picture – use zoom features

1. Describe your first impression. Include things like, the date, the artistic appearance, the location, is it a political map, does it show the climate, can you count the population, is there a form of measurement or scale, does the picture look proportionate?

2. Why do you think the map maker did the things you noticed at your first impression?

3. Can you locate a scale, or way of determining the distance between two locations?

4. What does the scale or distance key tell you? Draw a picture and explain in numbers or words.

5. Do you need a ruler to calculate the distance between two locations? What else could you use?

6. If you needed to drive 600 miles, how many km would this represent on the map? How about 100 miles? How about 25 miles? Map Collections Transportation and Communication Additional Transportation and Communication Cartographic Items 9 – Mexico. 1884. Click picture – use zoom features

1. Describe your first impression. Include things like, the date, the artistic appearance, the location, is it a political map, does it show the climate, can you count the population, is there a form of measurement or scale, does the picture look proportionate?

2. Why do you think the map maker did the things you noticed at your first impression?

3. Can you locate a scale, or way of determining the distance between two locations?

4. What does the scale or distance key tell you? Draw a picture and explain in numbers or words.

5. Do you need a ruler to calculate the distance between two locations? What else could you use?

6. What units do you think the scale is using? Can you tell? Map Collections Mapping the National Parks Collection Grand Canyon Scroll down and click on the picture titled: Rio Colorado of the West…, drawn by F. W. von Egloffstein, 1858. Click picture – use zoom features

1. Describe your first impression. Include things like, the date, the artistic appearance, the location, is it a political map, does it show the climate, can you count the population, is there a form of measurement or scale, does the picture look proportionate?

2. Why do you think the map maker did the things you noticed at your first impression?

3. Can you locate a scale, or way of determining the distance between two locations?

4. What does the scale or distance key tell you? Draw a picture and explain in numbers or words.

5. Do you need a ruler to calculate the distance between two locations? What else could you use?

6. If a trail around the grand canyon is 20 miles, how many inches does this represent on the map? How about 15 miles? How about 2 miles? Map Collections Discovery and Exploration The 1562 Map of America by Diego Gutierrez Scroll down and click on the picture titled: Map of the Western hemisphere Click picture – use zoom features

1. Describe your first impression. Include things like, the date, the artistic appearance, the location, is it a political map, does it show the climate, can you count the population, is there a form of measurement or scale, does the picture look proportionate?

2. Why do you think the map maker did the things you noticed at your first impression?

3. Can you locate a scale, or way of determining the distance between two locations?

4. What does the scale or distance key tell you? Draw a picture and explain in numbers or words.

5. Do you need a ruler to calculate the distance between two locations? What else could you use?

6. Think about the distance from one end of South America to the other. Is it more than a football field? More than Virginia? More than the United States? Make up your own scale to be used for this graph. Map Collections Civil War Maps Collection Click on the first picture on the page Click picture – use zoom features

1. Describe your first impression. Include things like, the date, the artistic appearance, the location, is it a political map, does it show the climate, can you count the population, is there a form of measurement or scale, does the picture look proportionate?

2. Why do you think the map maker did the things you noticed at your first impression?

3. Can you locate a scale, or way of determining the distance between two locations?

4. What does the scale or distance key tell you? Draw a picture and explain in numbers or words.

5. Do you need a ruler to calculate the distance between two locations? What else could you use?

6. If the distance between two points is 5 inches, how many miles is this? How about 3 inches? How about 1 inch? Map Collections Military Battles and Campaigns The Hotchkiss Map Collection Click on the first picture on the page Click on picture – use zoom features

1. Describe your first impression. Include things like, the date, the artistic appearance, the location, is it a political map, does it show the climate, can you count the population, is there a form of measurement or scale, does the picture look proportionate?

2. Why do you think the map maker did the things you noticed at your first impression?

3. Can you locate a scale, or way of determining the distance between two locations?

4. What does the scale or distance key tell you? Draw a picture and explain in numbers or words.

5. Do you need a ruler to calculate the distance between two locations? What else could you use?

6. If the distance between two locations is six squares, how many miles is this? What does a square mile mean?