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Map Skills #3
Contribució de: Sykes
  • 1. Another name for a map legend is a
A) key
B) title
C) publisher
D) scale
  • 2. A scale model of the Earth is a
A) map
B) sphere
C) political map
D) globe
  • 3. Something on a map that represents something on Earth is a
A) key
B) legend
C) symbol
D) scale
  • 4. 2 dimensional maps may be distorted because of
A) projections
B) scales
C) mercators
D) legends
  • 5. Latitude lines are
A) used to determine time zones
B) lines that run north and south
C) numbered up to 180 degrees
D) parallel to each other
  • 6. Longitude lines are
A) parallel to the equator
B) lines that run east and west
C) known as meridians
D) equal in distance to each other
  • 7. A map that shows man-made features is a
A) thematic map
B) physical map
C) Mercator map
D) political map
  • 8. Longitude lines are measure from
A) International Dateline
B) Equator
C) Prime Meridian
D) North Pole
  • 9. Geography is the study of
A) the Earth
B) maps and globes
C) the Earth, moon, and sun
D) the Earth and the people living on it
  • 10. A series of crisscrossing lines on a map, identified by numbers and letters is known as a
A) legend
B) grid
C) latitude and longitude
D) GPS
  • 11. One half of the Earth is known as a
A) hemisphere
B) biosphere
C) geosphere
D) sphere
  • 12. A direction indicator on a map showing the cardinal and intermediate directions is called a
A) direction arrow
B) compass rose
C) compass indicator
D) directional spinner
  • 13. Latitude and Longitude lines are measured in
A) kilometers
B) degrees
C) miles
D) hours
  • 14. A drawing of all or part of the earth on a flat surface is a
A) globe
B) diagram
C) chart
D) map
  • 15. The distance east or west of the Prime Meridian is shown by
A) parallels
B) latitude
C) great circles
D) longitude
  • 16. Which of these tells you the distance north or south of the Equator
A) latitude
B) longitude
C) International Dateline
D) meridians
  • 17. Which of these lines divide the Earth into the northern and southern hemisphere?
A) Prime Meridian
B) Equator
C) Tropic of Cancer
D) Tropic of Capricorn
  • 18. Which of these run north and south, form pole to pole?
A) projections
B) latitude lines
C) parallels
D) meridians
  • 19. What type of map would show land forms?
A) political
B) physical
C) thematic
D) specialty
  • 20. Which is NOT a land form?
A) butte
B) river
C) mountain
D) boundary
  • 21. A mapmaker is also called a
A) Mercator
B) geographer
C) projector
D) cartographer
  • 22. The largest ocean on the Earth is the
A) Pacific
B) Arctic
C) Atlantic
D) Indian
  • 23. The smallest continent on the Earth is
A) Asia
B) Australia
C) Europe
D) Antarctica
  • 24. Ratio and Proportions are used to form the map's
A) colors
B) scale
C) type
D) orientation
  • 25. Capital cities and country boundaries are shown on
A) relief maps
B) political maps
C) physical maps
D) specialty maps
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Map/Globe Vocabulary
Geography Terms
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