Building Mental Maps Practice

Which type of map is most often found in classrooms?

• Robinson
• Conic
• Browns
• Mercator

The globe has no distortions.

• True
• False

The Rocky Mountains are located in which continent?

• Asia
• Australia
• South America
• North America

Who is a cartographer?

• A person who creates and studies maps
• A person who studies human characteristics
• A person who teaches geography
• A scientist who studies math

Title, Author, Date, Scale, Compass Rose and Key are the six essential map elements. 

• True
• False

Distance, Area, Date, and Shape are the four map distortions. 

• True
• False

The Southern Ocean is the name of a real ocean.

• True
• False

Where is the Volga River located?

• The United States of America
• Scotland
• England
• Russia

Big Macs are most expensive in Western Europe.

• False
• True

The Brahmaputra and Nile rivers flow through the country of India.

• False
• True