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