SSC
WORLD GEOGRAPHY
Question
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thematic
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physical
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political
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elevation
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Detailed explanation-1: -1. Political Maps. Maps showing cities, towns and villages, and different countries and states of the world with their boundaries are called political maps. This map shows states, national boundaries, cities, capitals, roads, and other human features.
Detailed explanation-2: -A political map is a type of map that represents political divisions, or human-created boundaries, of the world, continents and major geographic regions. Political features are characteristics such as country borders, roads, population centers and landform boundaries. Political maps can vary in size and content.
Detailed explanation-3: -Physical maps show the relief and landforms like plains, plateaus, and mountains. Political maps show national and state boundaries, and national and state capital cities.
Detailed explanation-4: -Political Maps-does not show physical features. Instead, they show state and national boundaries and capital and major cities. Physical Maps-illustrate the physical features of an area, such as the mountains, rivers and lakes. Topographic Maps-include contour lines to show the shape and elevation of an area.