Land Navigation/Map Reading(Army Board Study Guide) | 77 Questions with 100% Correct Answers

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What is the Field Manual for map reading and land navigation? - ✔✔FM 3-25.26 What are the basic colors of a map, and what does each color represent? - ✔✔Black - Indicates cultural (man-made)... features such as buildings and roads, surveyed spot elevations, and all labels. Red-Brown - The colors red and brown are combined to identify cultural features, all relief features, non-surveyed spot elevations, and elevation, such as contour lines on red-light readable maps. Blue - Identifies hydrography or water features such as lakes, swamps, rivers, and drainage. Green - Identifies vegetation with military significance, such as woods, orchards, and vineyards. Brown - Identifies all relief features and elevation, such as contours on older edition maps, and cultivated land on red-light readable maps. Red - Classifies cultural features, such as populated areas, main roads, and boundaries, on older maps. Other - Occasionally other colors may be used to show special information. These are indicated in the marginal information as a rule. What are military symbols? - ✔✔Figures used to represent types of military organizations, installations, and activities Where is the Legend of the map found? [Show More]

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