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Land Navigation
Map Reading Study guide
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What are the basic colors of a map, and what does each color represent? | Black - Man made features Red Brown - Cultural features, relief features, non surveyed and elevation Blue - water features Green - Vegetation Brown - relief features and elevation Red - Cultural Features populated areas Other - special information |
| What are military symbols? | Figures used to represent types of military organizations, installations, and activities |
| Where is the Legend of the map found? | Lower left margin |
| What are contour lines? | Imaginary lines on the ground connecting equal elevation, they represent high and low ground elevation. |
| What are 3 types of contour lines? | 1. Index 2. Intermediate 3. Supplementary |
| How many Mils are in one degree | 17.7 mils |
| How many Norths are there on a military map? | Three: 1. True North 2. Magnetic north 3. Grid north |
| What shape are the contour lines that indicate a hill? | A hill is shown on a map by contour lines forming concentric circles. The inside of the smallest closed circle is the hilltop. |
| What shape are the contour lines that indicate a saddle? | A saddle is normally represented as an hourglass |
| What shape are the contour lines that indicate a valley? | Contour lines forming a valley are either U-shaped or V-shaped |
| What shape are the contour lines that indicate a ridge? | Contour lines forming a ridge tend to be U-shaped or V-shaped. The closed end of the contour line points away from high ground. |
| What shape are the contour lines that indicate a depression? | On maps, depressions are represented by closer contour lines that have tick marks pointing toward low ground. |
| What shape are the contour lines that indicate a draw? | The contour lines depicting a draw are U-shaped or V-shaped, pointing toward high ground. |
| What shape are the contour lines that indicate a spur? | Contour lines on a map depict a spur with the U or V pointing away from the high ground. |
| What shape are the contour lines that indicate a cliff? | Cliffs are shown by contour lines very close together and, in some instances, touching each other. |
| What shape are the contour lines that indicate a cut? | This contour line extends the length of the cut and has tick marks that extend from the cut line to the roadbed, if the map scale permits this level of detail. |
| What shape are the contour lines that indicate a fill? | This contour line extends the length of the filled area and has tick marks that point toward lower ground. |
| What must be done to a map before it can be used? | It must be oriented |
| What are 5 major terrain features found on a map? | 1. Hill 2. Ridge 3. Valley 4. Saddle 5. Depression |
| What are the 3 minor terrain features found on a military map? | 1. Draw 2. Spur 3. Cliff |
| What are the 2 supplementary terrain features found on a military map? | 1. Cut 2. Fill |
| What is a map? | A map is a graphic representation of a portion of the earth's surface drawn to scale, as seen from above. |
| What is an azimuth? | A horizontal angle, measured in a clockwise manner from a north base line, expression direction. |
| What is vertical distance? | The distance between the highest and lowest points measured. |
| What is a contour interval? | The vertical distance between adjacent contour lines on a map. |
| What is the distance between grid lines on a combat map? | 1 kilmeter or 1000 meters |
| How many mils are there in a circle? | 6400 mils in 360 degrees |
| Which north is used when using a military map? | Magnetic north when using a compass, and grid north when using a map. |
| How would you hold a lensatic compass? | away from metal, level and firm |
| Name two ways to hold a compass? | 1. Compass to cheek method 2. Center hold method |
| Are topographic symbols drawn to scale? | No |
| What do topographic symbols represent? | Man-made and natural features |
| In military symbols, what colors are used for a map overlay and what do they represent? | Blue - Friendly Forces Red - Enemy Forces Black - boundaries Yellow - contaminated area both friendly and enemy Green - engineer obstacles, both friendly and enemy |
| What is Back Azimuth? | The opposite direction of an azimuth |
| How do you figure out a back azimuth? | To obtain a back azimuth from an azimuth, add 180 degrees if the azimuth is 180 degrees or less: subtract 180 degrees if the azimuth is 180 degrees or more. |
| What is a declination diagram? | Shows the angular relationship between the magnetic north, grid north and true north. |
| What is the general rule for reading military grid coordinates? | Right and Up |
| How many sights does a compass have? | 2 |
| What is a benchmark? | A man made marker showing points of elevation |
| What are parallels of latitude? | Measured distances going north or south of the equator |
| What is an aerial photograph? | An aerial photograph is any photograph taken from an airborne vehicle. |
| What does UTM stand for? | Universal Transverse Mercator |
| The lensatic compass has a bezel ring: each bezel ring clicks equal to how many degrees? | 3 |
| How many times would the bezel ring click if it were full rotated? | 120 |
| Large cities on a map are represendted by what color? | Black |
| Name two ways to orient a map? | Use a compass and terrain association |
| What is the Field Manual for Operational Terms and Graphics | FM 1-02 |
| The arrow on a compass always points what direction | Magnetic north |
| What does the term FLOT mean? | Forward line of troops |
| What are the alternate colors on a map and what do they mean? | Gray- alternate color for brown Yellow- built up areas Pink - Political boundaries |
| What is longitude? | Imaginary lines that run north to south originating in Greenwich, Englad and measured in degrees |
| What is a topographic map? | Portrays terrain and land forms in measurable way as well as horizontal features of the positions represented |
| What is a small scale map? | Those maps with scales of 1:1,000,000 and smaller are used for general planning and for strategic studies. The standard small-scale map is 1:1,000,000. This map covers a very large land area at the expense of detail. |
| What is a medium scale map? | Maps with scales larger tahn 1:1,000,000 but smaller than 1:75,000 are used for operational planning. They contain a moderate amount of detail. The standard medium scale map is 1:250,000. Medium scale maps of 1:100,000 are also frequently encountered |
| What is a large scale map? | Maps with scales of 1:75,000 and larger are used for tactical, administrative, and logistical planning. The standard large scale map is 1:50,000: however, many areas have been mapped at a scale of 1:25,000 |
| What does the term intersection mean? | Finding the location of an unknown point by sighting two or more known points |
| Why is a map so important? | When used correctly, a map can give you accurate distances, locations and heights, best routes key terrain features and cover and concealment information. |
| What does the term resection mean? | Resection is the method of locating one's position on a map by determining the grid azimuth to at least two well-defined locations that can be pinpointed on the map. |
| If you find a symbol on a map that is unknown to you, where would you look? | The marginal data, located on the outside lower portion of the map. |
| How many scales are there on a compass, what are they? | There are two: 1. Degrees 2. Mils |
| What are the 4 quadrants on a map | NorthEast SouthEast NorthWest SouthWest |
| What are the three elements for a land navigation process known as Dead Reckoning? | 1. Known starting point 2. Known distance 3.Known azimuthh |
| What is the feature that makes the lensatic compass work well at night? | The dials and needles are luminous |
| What is a polar coordinate? | Plotting or locating an unknown point using an azimuth and a distance from a known starting point |
| What is the name of the map system that the U.S. uses | UTM |
| On a lensatic compass there are two rings, an outer black ring and an inner red ring, what are they used for? | The inner red ring is used to find degrees, the outer black ring is used to find mils |
| Name 3 field expedient methods of determining direction | The shadow-tip method, the watch method, and the North Star method |
| What is a contour level? | It is a vertical distance between contour lines. The amount of the contour level is located in the Marginal Information on the map. |
| The border line around the edge of the map is called the what? | Neat Line |
| Name the different slopes found on a map | 1. Gentle 2. Steep 3.Concave 4. Convex |
| You must find at least how many known locations on a map and the actual ground in order to plot your location accurately? | At least 2 |
| What are the three main map sizes? | 1. Small 2. Medium 3. Large |
| What are two methods of measuring an azimuth? | Comapss and a protractor |
| How close will an eight digit grid get you to your point? | 10 meters |
| How close will a six digit grid coordinate get you to your point? | 100 meters |
| What would you use on a map to measure actual ground distance? | The bar scale |
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