identification of cities, states, and countries
-yes! A political map will definitely have states and countries marked on it, and the capitals, too
presence of topography and boundaries
-it would include political boundaries, but not natural boundaries, and rather not topography -so, not this one
labels for continents and oceans
-no, this is false! this is not a characterisic of a political map
key for natural resources
-also not! those are not connected to the politics!