AP Board 6th Class Social Studies Solutions Chapter 3 Maps

SCERT AP Board 6th Class Social Solutions 3rd Lesson Maps Textbook Questions and Answers.

AP State Syllabus 6th Class Social Studies Solutions 3rd Lesson Maps

6th Class Social Studies 3rd Lesson Maps Textbook Questions and Answers

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Question 1.
What are the components of a map?
Answer:
The components of the map are

1. Directions,
2. Scale,
3. Symbols and
4. Colours.

Question 2.
Why is the actual distance on the ground reduced on a map?
Answer:
It is impossible to draw a map showing actual distances. So we use ‘scale’ to show the actual distance on the ground in a reduced manner on a map.

Question 3.
Explain the need for symbols in preparing maps.
Answer:
Maps are too small for us to draw pictures of the things shown on them. For example, we can’t draw the real school or a bus stand or a tree as they will take too much space on the map. Therefore, we always show things with the help of symbols on the map.

Question 4.
Find out the scale used in your district map to show the distance between your Mandal headquarter and district headquarter?
Answer:
Student Activity (One example is given for you).
Ex: Our mandal is Agiripalli. It is in the Krishna district. Our district headquarter is Machilipatnam.
On the map, the scale is given as 1 cm = 10 km.
The actual distance from Agiripalli to Machilipatnam is 83 km.
The distance between Agiripalli to Machilipatnam is 8.3 cms on the map.

Question 5.
How political maps are different from physical maps.
Answer:
Political maps show territorial features like country, cities, nations and their boundaries. A physical map indicates the natural features of a place like mountains, water bodies, plains etc.

Question 6.
What is the importance of thematic maps?
Answer:
A thematic map shows the spatial distribution of earth surface features. Thematic maps are used to display geographical concepts such as density, distribution, relative magnitudes, gradients, spatial relationships and movements. These maps focus on specific information like the map of rainfall, roads, tourist places etc..

Question 7.
What are the uses of maps in our daily life?
Answer:
Maps help us in many ways in our daily life. They help us to understand the concept of a subject.

1. Maps help us to locate places like cities, districts, states and countries.
2. Maps show the physical features such as mountains, plateaus, plains.
3. Maps help us to know the major routes of transport such as roads, railways, etc.
4. Maps help us to understand the distribution of crops, minerals, soils etc.
5. Maps help the army at the time of war and for security reasons.
6. Maps guide the tourists to their destination.
7. Maps help us to understand history easily.

Question 8.
Locate all continents and oceans on the given World map.
Answer:

Choose the correct answer.

1) Maps showing the distribution of forests are …………….
A) Physical map
B) Thematic Map
C) Political map
D) none of the above
Answer:
B) Thematic Map

2) The blue colour is used for showing …………….
A) Waterbodies
B) Mountains
C) Land
D) Plains
Answer:
A) Waterbodies

3) A scale is a necessary component for …………….
A) Map
B) Sketch
C) Plan
D) None
Answer:
A) Map

4) A compass is used …………….
A) To show symbols
B) To find the main direction
C) To measure distance.
D) To find the height
Answer:
B) To find the main direction

5) The intermediate direction between the North and East is called …………….
A) North-east
B) South-east
C) North-west
D) South-west
Answer:
A) North-east

Project Work

Question 1.
Draw a sketch of your school.
Answer:
Student Activity.

Question 2.
Collect different maps and make a scrapbook.
Answer:
Student Activity.

Question 3.
Draw a sketch map showing the route from your home to school by using appropriate symbols.
Answer:
Student Activity.

6th Class Social Studies 3rd Lesson Maps InText Questions and Answers

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Question 1.
Why was Mrudula not able to reach her destination with the help of the above sketch?  (Textbook Page No. 29 & 30)
Answer:
Mrudula was not able to reach her destination (Sathwika’s house) because there are no directions and scale in the given sketch.

Question 2.
Go through the below picture and fill in the following table. (Textbook Page No. 30 & 31)


Answer:

Direction	Object
North	Hill, Trees
North – East	Temple
South	Well
South – West	Masjid
East	Rising Sun
South – East	School
West	House
North – West	Church

Question 3.
Observe the given picture and calculate the actual distance between the following places using the scale. (Textbook Page No. 32)

Answer:
i. The distance between PO (A) and Raju’s house (C).
Answer:
Approximately 60 metres.
ii. The distance between Raju’s house (C) and Puja’s house (E).
Answer:
Approximately 30 metres.
iii. The distance between Chiru’s house (D) and the school.
Answer:
Approximately 55 metres.

Question 4.
Make a table with the states, UTs and their capital. (Textbook Page No. 35)

Answer:

S.No.	State/UT	Capital
1.	Andhra Pradesh	Amaravati
2.	Arunachal Pradesh	Itanagar
3.	Assam	Dispur
4.	Bihar	Patna
5.	Chattisgarh	Raipur
6.	Goa	Panaji
7.	Gujarat	Gandhinagar
8.	Haryana	Chandigarh
9.	Himachal Pradesh	Shimla
10.	Jharkhand	Ranchi
11.	Karnataka	Bengaluru
12.	Kerala	Tiruvanantapuram
13.	Madhya Pradesh	Bhopal
14.	Maharashtra	Mumbai
15.	Manipur	Imphal
16.	Meghalaya	Shillong
17.	Mizoram	Aizwal
18.	Nagaland	Kohima
19.	Orissa	Bhubaneswar
20.	Punjab	Chandigarh
21.	Rajasthan	Jaipur
22.	Sikkim	Gangtok
23.	Tamilnadu	Chennai
24.	Telangana	Hyderabad
25.	Tripura	Agartala
26.	Uttar Pradesh	Lucknow
27.	Uttarakhand	Dehradun
28.	West Bengal	Kolkata

Union Territories and Capitals :
Andaman Nicobar Islands		Port Blair
Lakshadweep		Kavaratti
Ladakh		Leh
Chandigarh		Chandigarh
Dadar and Nagar Haveli Daman and Diu		Silvassa
Puducherry		Pondicherry
National Capital Region		New Delhi
Jammu & Kashmir		Srinagar (Summer) Jammu (Winter)

Question 5.
Go through the below physical map and write some physical features of India. (Textbook Page No. 35)

Answer:
India has all major physical features of the earth i.e., mountains, plains, deserts, plateaus, and islands.

1. The Himalayan mountains or the Northern Mountains.
2. The Northern plains or the Indo – Gangetic Plains.
3. The Peninsular Plateau.
4. The Great Indian desert
5. The Coastal Plains.
6. The Islands.

Question 6.
Collect different thematic maps and display them in your classroom. Discuss with your Mends. (Textbook Page No. 36)
Answer:
Student Activity.

Think and Respond

Question 1.
How do symbols give us information? (Textbook Page No. 32)
Answer:
With the help of symbols, maps can be drawn easily and are simple to read also. It is not possible to draw a map in the actual shape and size with different features such as buildings, rivers, bridges, trees, and railway lines, etc. So they are shown by using certain colours, letters, shades, pictures, and lines.

Question 2.
What does the map indicate? (Textbook Page No. 36)

Answer:
This is a thematic map of India. Major crop-grown areas were shown on this map. From this map, we can know in which areas of India Rice, Wheat, Jowar, Bajra were grown. We can also know where two crops were grown.

Question 3.
Why it is called a thematic map? (Textbook Page No. 36)
Answer:
Thematic maps are called so because they focus on a specific theme or subject relating to a particular theme or aspect of geography like the map of rainfall, roads, tourist places.