Class 5 SST HOTS Questions - Globes and Maps

Q1: What are the elements of a map?
Ans: Directions, scale, color, symbols, etc are the elements of a map.  

Q2: What are the types of maps?
Ans:

• Political Map – shows the boundary of the countries, state, important cities, etc.
• Physical Map – Shows the natural features such as mountains, rivers, and plains.
• Other maps show crops, minerals, rainfall, roads, railways, airline routes, etc.

Q3: What is a map?
Ans: Drawing of the Earth’s surface, or a part of it, on a flat surface is called a map.  

Q4: What are the shortcomings of a globe?
Ans: 

• It is difficult to carry a globe everywhere.
• It is not possible to see all the parts of the Earth’s surface at the same time.
• It cannot show detailed information.

Q5: How a globe is better than a map?
Ans: A globe is better than a map because it shows the Earth more like how it really looks. A map is flat, so it can make the countries and places near the edges look stretched or squished. But a globe is round, like our planet, so it shows things more accurately.

Q6: What is cartography?
Ans: Cartography is like drawing and making maps. People who do cartography are called cartographers. They make maps to help us understand where places are, how to get there, and what the places look like.

Q7: Why do the maps of the larger areas have chances of more errors?
Ans: Maps of larger areas have more chances of errors because when you try to put a big round Earth onto a flat piece of paper, some parts might get squished or stretched. Imagine if you tried to wrap an orange peel onto a flat paper – some parts would not fit perfectly, right? That's why bigger maps can have more mistakes.

Q8: What is the importance of elements in a map?
Ans: The elements in a map, like symbols, colors, and labels, help us understand the information on the map. Symbols show things like mountains, rivers, and cities. Colors can show different things like forests, deserts, and oceans. Labels tell us the names of countries, cities, and other important places.

Q9: How is the Atlas useful for us?
Ans: An Atlas is like a big book full of maps. It's super useful because we can look up maps of different places all around the world. We can learn about countries, their capitals, rivers, mountains, and lots more. It's like having a whole world of maps in one book!