Standards: Identified the five major and three minor features on the map.
Conditions:
Given a standard 1:50,000-scale military
map.
Standards:
Identified the five major and three minor
features on the map.
Performance
Steps
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Identify terrain features in
table C-3 in the same manner on all
maps, regardless of the contour
interval, but you must realize that a
hill in the Rocky Mountains will be
much bigger than the one in south
Florida. You must be able to recognize
all the terrain features to locate a
point on the ground or to navigate
from one point to another (figures C-3
through C-10).
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Note. During instruction, demonstrate to the soldiers how they
can learn terrain features using the
fist and hand (figures C-1 and C-2).
They can be used to show what each
terrain feature would look like on the
ground.
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Figure C-1.
Using fist to explain terrain features
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Figure C-2.
Using hand to explain terrain features
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Table
C-3. Major and minor terrain
features
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FEATURE
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CHARACTERISTICS
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MAP
SYMBOL
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Table C-3.
Major and minor terrain features
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FEATURE
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CHARACTERISTICS
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MAP SYMBOL
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Figure C-3.
Spur
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Figure C-4.
Cliff
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Figure C-5. Hill
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Figure C-6. Ridge
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Figure C-7. Valley
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Figure C-8. Saddle
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Figure C-9. Depression
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Figure C-10. Draw
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Evaluation
Preparation:
Setup:
Use a 1:50,000-scale military map; circle
one example of each major terrain feature
and one example of each minor terrain
feature. Randomly number the circled terrain
features 1 through 8. Provide each soldier
being tested with duplicate sets of the map,
paper, and two pencils.
Brief
Soldier: Tell the soldier to number the
paper 1 through 8. Tell the soldier to write
down the terrain feature that corresponds to
each circled area on the map.
Performance Measures
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GO
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NO
GO
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1.
Identified the following.
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a. Hilltop.
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b. Ridge.
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c. Valley.
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d. Saddle.
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e.
Depression.
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f. Draw.
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g. Spur.
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h. Cliff.
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Evaluation
Guidance:
Score the soldier GO if all
performance measures are passed. Score the
soldier NO GO if any performance measure is
failed. If the soldier scores NO GO, show
the soldier what was done wrong and how to
do it correctly.
References
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Required
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Related
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FM
3-25.26
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