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