Maps are drawings, which reduce the entire world or a part of it to fit on a sheet of paper. Or we can say maps are drawn to reduced scales, But this reduction is done very carefully so that the distance between the places is real. It an only be possible when a small distance on paper represents a large distance on the ground. Therefore, a scale is chosen for this purpose. Scale is the ration between the actual distance on the ground and the distance shown on the map. For example, the distance between your school and your home is 10km. If you show this 10km distance by 2cm on a map, it means, 1cm on the map will show 5km, on the ground the scale of your drawing will be 1cm=5km thus scale is very important in any map, If you know the scale, you will be able to calculate the distance between any tow places on a map. When large areas kike continents or countries are to be shown on a paper, then we use a small scale. For example 5cm on the map shows 500km of the ground. It is called a small scale map. When a small are like your village or town is to be shown on paper, then we use a large scale that is 5cm. On the map shows 500 metres only on the ground. It is called a large scale map. large scale maps give more information than small scale maps. Most maps contain an arrow marked with the letter N at the upper right hand corner. This arrow shows the north direction. It is called the north line. When you know the north, you can find out other directions, for example east, west and south. There are four major directions, north, south, east and west They are called cardinal points. other four intermediate directions are north-east south-east we can locate any place more accurately with the help of these intermediate directions Find out the following directions form the the direction of the community center, the playground from vikas home the direction of school from shops