geography (BOLTSS)

B: Border defines the map

O: Orientation: shows direction of north

L: legend: key symbols and explanation

T: title: where or what the  maps about

S: scale: words,figures or lines to show size

S: date and where information is from

BOLTSS is the most important part of creating a map. if you want to get an A+ every time you need to create a map for geography follow BOLTSS.

geography is the study of people and places and how they interact,or affect each other .we are concerned to find out how people affect and change environments , and also how natural activities and events of the environment affect people.

there are TWO TYPES of geography:

Physical geography (natural) eg the twelve apostles

human geography (man made) eg city or country

a map is a birds eye view of an area with places,roads and landforms

there are different forms of scales

words: eg one centimeter = one kilometer

representive fraction: 1:100000

green: vegetation

brown: landforms

blue: water

red/pink: built up areas

1) draw map using pencil then go over with fineliner

2) ALWAYS use a ruler

3) use colour

4) use BOLTSS