Chapter 1 Section 2Skillbuilder LessonCreating A Sketch Map

• Quickly sketch the following map on the provided paper.

Details that you should provide if applicable;1. Rivers2. Mountains3. Lakes

1. What do you learn about your state from the physical map?• Location of the Ohio River.

• Location of Lake Erie.

• Location of other states.

• Location of other landforms (mountains, etc).

• Now on the same map, sketch the following important aspects of the political map on the following slide.

Details that you should provide if applicable;1. Cities2. Towns3. Counties

2. What do you learn from the political map?

• Locations of cities

• Locations of counties

3. What conclusions can you draw from putting the two types of information together?

•We can see how the locations of cities are related to landforms and bodies of water.