The Great Search Searching the cities When a person navigates, he or she is getting from one place to another.
Maps are one navigation tool that people use to find their way around.
A political map shows us how people divide up the world into political units like countries. A political map can be general showing only countries or detailed showing smaller cities and regions of those countries. The countries are often different colors and separated by border lines so you can read the map more easily. Political maps usually show the capital cities of countries and states and many major cities. Capital cities are generally shown with large, dark print and are marked with a big star or circle.