Name: ____________________________

Map Analysis Worksheet

1. UNIQUE PHYSICAL QUALITIES OF THE MAP

(Check one or more, if info. is available):

• Compass
• Name of mapmaker
• Handwritten
• Title
• Legend (key)
• Date
• Other
• Notations
• Scale

2. DATE OF MAP:

3. CREATOR OF THE MAP (if known):

4. MAP INFORMATION

5. A. List three parts of this map that you think are important:

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2.

3.

B. Why do you think this map was drawn?

C. What evidence in the map suggests why it was drawn?

D. Does the information in this map support or contradict information that you have learned about this event? (Think back to notes, discussions, etc.) Explain.

E. Write a question to the mapmaker that is left unanswered by this map.

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