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34 Cards in this Set
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Black |
Man made cultural features I.e buildings, roads, surveyed spot elevations, all labels |
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Red-Brown |
Cultural and relief features I.e non-surveyed spot elevations, elevation, contour lines on red-light readable maps |
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Blue |
Hydrography and Water features I.e lakes, swamps, rivers, and drainage |
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Green |
Vegetation with military signifance I.e woods, orchards, vineyards |
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Brown |
Relief features and Elevation I.e contour lines, cultivated land |
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Red |
Cultural features (populated areas) I.e main roads, boundaries, older maps |
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Other colours |
Show specific information, indicated in the marginal information as a rule |
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What are contour lines? |
Imaginary lines on the ground connecting equal elevation, they represent high and low ground elevation |
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How many Norths are there on a military Map? What are they? |
There are 3: True North Magnetic North Grid North |
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What are the five major terrains found on a Map? |
Hill Valley Saddle Ridge Depression |
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What are the 3 minor terrain features? |
Spur Cliff Draw |
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What are the supplementary terrain features? |
Cut Fill |
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What is the field Manuel for map reading/land navigation? |
FM 3-25.26 |
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Where is the legend on the map found? |
Lower left margin |
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How many miles are in one degree? |
17.7mils |
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What is a map? |
A map is a graphic representation of a portion of the earth’s surface drawn to scale |
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What is an azimuth? |
A horizontal angle, measured in a clockwise manner from a north base line, expressing direction. |
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What is the distance between contour lines on a combat map? |
1kilometer or 1000meters |
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Which North do you use on a military map? |
Magnetic north |
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How would you hold a lensatic compass? |
Away from metal, level, and firm |
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Name two ways to hold a compass? |
Compass to cheek Centerhold |
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What do topographic features represent? |
Man-made and natural features |
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What is a back azimuth? |
Measuring the Opposite direction of an azimuth |
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What is the general rule for reading military grid coordinates? |
Right and up |
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How many sights does a compass have? |
2 |
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Large cities on a map are represented by what colour? |
Black |
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What is the field Manuel for operational terms and graphics? |
TNT 1-02 |
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How many scales are on a map? And what are they? |
Two: degrees and mils |
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Name the different slopes found on a map? |
Gentle Steep Convex Concave |
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What are the three main map sizes? |
Small Medium Large |
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What are the two ways to measure an azimuth? |
Compass Protractor |
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How close will an 8 digit grid get you to your location? |
10meters |
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How close will a six digit grid coordinate get you to your point? |
100 meters |
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What would you use on a map to measure actual ground distance? |
The bar scale |
