新编人教版初中地理教科书增加了大量的地图,分为政区图、地形图、气候图等若干种。地图是学习地理的重要工具,是地理教学的第二语言,任何形象生动的语言描述都无法代替地图在地理学习中的作用。地图可以培养学生的抽象思维,把原本抽象的地理事物展现在平面图上。运用地图教学可以确定地理事物的地理位置,使学 New PEP Junior High School geography textbooks added a large number of maps, divided into political map, topographic maps, climate maps and several other. Map is an important tool for learning geography, is the second language of geography teaching, any vivid language description can not replace the role of map in geography learning. Map can cultivate students’ abstract thinking, the original abstract geographical things on the floor plan. The use of map teaching can determine the geographical location of geography, so learn