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