AP 7th Class Social Important Questions 3rd Lesson Learning Through Maps

These AP 7th Class Social Important Questions 3rd Lesson Learning Through Maps will help students prepare well for the exams.

AP Board 7th Class Social 3rd Lesson Important Questions and Answers Learning Through Maps

Question 1.
What are the uses of maps?
Answer:
Maps make our travel easier and more accurate in guiding us towards the destination. They help us to know the details of a place.

Question 2.
Who discovered America?
Answer:
Amerigo Vespucci discovered America.

Question 3.
Who discovered sea route to India?
Answer:
Vosco da gama discovered sea route to India in 1498 A.D.

Question 4.
Define map.
Answer:
A map is a symbolic representation of selected characteristics of a place, usually drawn on a flat surface.

Question 5.
What do you mean by the term the scale of the map?
Answer:
The scale of the map is the ratio between the actual distance on the ground and the distance shown on the map. Ex : 1 cm : 10 kms.

Question 6.
Mention the types of scales.
Answer:

Statement scale
Graphical scale
Representation function

Question 7.
What is conventional symbol?
Answer:
The various features shown on a map as symbols are represented by conventional signs or symbols used by the Survey of India.

Question 8.
Define Patterns.
Answer:
Patterns are special provisions used in the map to describe the variable information of a particular theme.

Question 9.
How are latitudes and longitudes useful in the map?
Answer:
They are also useful to guess the climate and local time of a place as a part of map reading. These provide the basic information in identifying the location of a place.

Question 10.
Classification of maps based on ………….
Answer:
Scale, theme and content in the map.

Question 11.
What are cardinal directions?
Answer:
North, East, West, South are four major directions. They are called cardinal directions.

Question 12.
What are intermediate directions?
Answer:

North – East
North – West
South – East
South – West are the intermediate directions.

Question 13.
What are the elements of map?
Answer:

Title
Directions
Scale
Conventional symbols
Colours
Patterns

Question 14.
Name different types of maps.
Answer:

Political Maps
Physical maps ,
Thematic map and
Historical Maps

Question 15.
What does a political map shows?
Answer:
A political map shows the administrative units, neighbouring countries, boundaries, capitals etc.

Question 16.
What does a physical map show?
Answer:
A physical map shows the information about the physical features of a place like mountain ranges, hills, plateaus, plains, rivers, deserts, lakes, high lands etc.

Question 17.
What are Contour lines?
Answer:
The imaginary lines that connect the places of equal heights are known as Contour lines.

Question 18.
What are thematic maps?
Answer:
Maps that are prepared for a special purpose or on the theme are called thematic maps.

Question 19.
What are Historical maps?
Answer:
The map that shows historical details are known as historical maps.

Question 20.
How many states and union territories are there in India?
Answer:
There are 28 states and 8 union territories.

AP Board 7th Class Social 3rd Lesson 1 Mark Bits Questions and Answers Learning Through Maps

I. Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who discovered America?
A) Amerigo Vespucci
b) Vasco da Gama
C) Alexander
D) Copernicus
Answer:
A) Amerigo Vespucci

2. Who discovered sea route to India?
A) Columbus
B) Magellan
C) Vasco da Gama
D) Amerigo vespucci
Answer:
C) Vasco da Gama

3. The first person who voyaged across the globe
A) Columbus
B) Magellan
C) Al ldrisi
D)None
Answer:
B) Magellan

4. In which year Vasco da Gama discovered sea route to India.
A) 1500 B.C
B) 1490 A.D.
C) 1498 A.D
D)1498 B.C
Answer:
C) 1498 A.D

5. Who used clay tablets as maps?
A) Indians
B) Americans
C) Sumerians, Babylonians
D) Portuguese
Answer:
C) Sumerians, Babylonians

6. Who introduced latitudes 8t longitudes into map making?
A) The French
B) The Portuguese
C) The British
D) The Greeks
Answer:
D) The Greeks

7. Who introduced “Projection” method in map making?
A) Ptolemy
B) Herodotus
C) Gerardus Mercator
D) Hecataeus
Answer:
C) Gerardus Mercator

8. Who prepare the maps arranging from West to East?
A) The Greeks
B) The Portuguese
C) The French
D) The British
Answer:
A) The Greeks

9. Map makers are called ….
A) Stenographers
B) Cartographers
C) Photographers
D) Choreographers
Answer:
B) Cartographers

10. The area of India is …………..
A) 2.4 million sq.km
B) 3.4 million sq.km
C) 3.28 million sq.km
D) 4.5 million sq.km
Answer:
C) 3.28 million sq.km

11. The Latitude extent of India is
A) 8°4′ to 37°6′ N
B) 9°5′ to 45°7′ N
C) 10°4‘ to 15°7′ N
D) 12°4’to 15°6’n
Answer:
A) 8°4′ to 37°6′ N

12. The longitude extent of India is
A) 68°7′ to 97°25′ E
B) 84°9′ to 95° 9′ E
C) 77° to 84° E
D) 80° to 84° E
Answer:
A) 68°7′ to 97°25′ E

13. According to area, India occupies place in the world.
A) 1st place
B) 2nd
C) 3rd
D) 7th
Answer:
D) 7th

14. The dark grey colour shows
A) MSL
B) Plains
C) Mountains
D) Plateaus
Answer:
C) Mountains

15. The blue shade shows
A) Waterbodies
B) Plains
C) Mountains
D) None
Answer:
A) Waterbodies

16. As per Height Green shade shows
A) Plateaus
B) Seas
C) Mountains
D) Plains
Answer:
D) Plains

17. ……. is a line joining the places with …………. equal heights.
A) Plain
B) Contour line
C) Hill
D) Plateau
Answer:
B) Contour line

18. Find the odd one out.
A) Title
B) Verbal scale
C) Linear scale
D) RF
Answer:
A) Title

19. this is the conventional symbol of a
A) mile stone
B) mountain peak
C) well
D) church
Answer:
B) mountain peak

20. As per Height, Green colour is used for
A) mountains
B) plateaus
C) plains
D) valleys
Answer:
C) plains

21. ‘……’ this comes under
A) Title
B) scale
C) symbol
D) District boundaries
Answer:
D) District boundaries

22. Population map comes under this category
A) Thematic map
B) Political map
C) Historical map
D) Physical map
Answer:
A) Thematic map

23. India is the largest country in the world.
A) 2^nd
B) 4^th
C) 6^th
D) 7^th
Answer:
D) 7^th

24. Grid is the network of …………..
A) Latitudes
B) Longitudes
C) Both A & B
D) A Only
Answer:
C) Both A & B

25. The show capped mountains in Himalayas are colored with
A) white
B) yellow
C) blue
D) orange
Answer:
A) white

26. Contour lines are used to illustrate the …………… of a place.
A) topography
B) soil
C) vegetation
D) climate
Answer:
A) topography

27. The map that shows the ruling area of Delhi Sultanate is known as
A) historical map
B) thematic map
C) political map
D) both B & C
Answer:
A) historical map

II. Fill in the Blanks

1. …………… and ……………. had a great contribution in map making.
2. ……………. and ……………. used clay tablets as maps.
3. ……………., ……………., ……………. prepared maps from arranging the places from West to East.
4. Greeks applied the concept of ……………. and ……………. in map making.
5. The efforts of ……………. were remarkable and widely used by Cartographers.
6. ……………. of the map says about the theme or subject of the map.
7. Map makers use ……………. to show their location in a map.
8. this is the symbol of ……………. .
9. this is the symbol of ……………. .
10. Yellow colour represents ……………. .
11. Orange colour represents ……………. .
12. Dark Green represents ……………. .
13. Light green colour represents ……………. .
14. White colour represents ……………. .
15. These symbols are used for ……………. .
16. Maps are classified on the basis of ……………., …………….
17. India is the ……………. largest country in the world.
18. ……………. runs half way through the country.
19. The imaginary lines that connect the places of equal heights are known as …………….
20. India has ……………. states and ……………. union territories.
21. ……………. make our travel easier and accurate.
22. ……………. discovered America.
23. ……………. found sea route to India.
24. ……………. was the first person who voyaged across the globe.
25. ……………. collected information from the sailors and travelers in map making.
26. The Sumerians, Babylonians used ……………. tablets as maps.
27. The Greek map makers prepared maps from arranging the places from ……………. to ……………. .
28. ……………. applied the concept of latitudes and longitudes in map mapping.
29. Gerardus Mercator introduced a method called ……………. that brought a great change in map-making.
30. ……………. was the famous person and rendered his valuable services to the cartography.
Answer:
1. Sailors and travellers
2. Sumerians and Babylonians
3. Anaximander, Hacataeus, Herodotus
4. Latitudes and Longitudes
5. Ptolemy
6. Title
7. Symbols
8. Grave Yard
9. Mountain Peak
10. Plateaus
11. Height
12. Forest
13. Grass lands
14. Places where minerals are available.
15. particular concepts
16. Scale, theme and content
17. 7<sup>th</sup>
18. Tropic of Cancer
19. Contour Lines
20. 28 and 8
21. Maps
22. Columbus
23. Vasco Da Gama
24. Magellan
25. Cartographers
26. clay
27. West, East
28. Greeks
29. projection
30. Ptolemy

III. Matrch the following

Group-A	Group-B
1. Orange colour	A) Water Bodies
2. Green colour	B) Roads
3. Blue colour	C) Heights
4. This is the symbol of	D) Plains
	E) Wells

Answer:

Group-A	Group-B
1. Orange colour	C) Heights
2. Green colour	D) Plains
3. Blue colour	A) Water Bodies
4. This is the symbol of	E) Wells

Group-A	Group-B
1. Political map	A) States, districts
2. Physical map	B) Inscriptions
3. Thematic map	C) Population
4. Historical map	D) Mountains

Answer:

Group-A	Group-B
1. Political map	A) States, districts
2. Physical map	D) Mountains
3. Thematic map	C) Population
4. Historical map	B) Inscriptions

Group-A	Group-B
1. Physical map	A) India, rivers
2. Political map	B) India, states
3. Thematic map	C) India, population density
4. Historical map	D) Asoka Empire

Answer:

Group-A	Group-B
1. Physical map	A) India, rivers
2. Political map	B) India, states
3. Thematic map	C) India, population density
4. Historical map	D) Asoka Empire

Group-A	Group-B
1. Title	A) Index
2. Columbus	B) America
3. Vasco Da Gama	C) India
4. Magellan	D) World
5. Herodotus	E) Map maker

Answer:

Group-A	Group-B
1. Title	A) Index
2. Columbus	B) America
3. Vasco Da Gama	C) India
4. Magellan	D) World
5. Herodotus	E) Map maker

Do You Know

7th Class Social Textbook Page No. 37

Mean Sea Level :
As the sea level across the Globe is more or less equal, the scientists observed the concept of Mean Sea Level. That means the average of’the sea level is the same. To measure the elevation of a place MSL is.taken as the base line.

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Grid :
It is the network of latitudes and longitudes. It helps to know the exact location of a place on the Globe. To read the information in a grid, latitude is observed first and then longitude.

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Topographical maps :
These maps show the detailed information of a place like relief, topography, agricultural lands, soils, rivers, settlements etc. These are prepared by using the conventional symbols and with detailed information.

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Projection :
Projection means showing the shape and direcions of continents of spherical globe on to plain surface but with distractions of the shape and directions. The method of Projection was introduced by the Dutch Cartographer Gerardus Mercator.