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