Ch. 2 Test Review

On a topographic map, what connects points of equal elevation?

• dashed loops
• contour lines
• contour intervals
• longitude lines

A landform made up of flat or gently rolling land with low relief is a 

• plain
• plateau
• contour
• projection

A hemisphere is

• 90 degrees west of the prime meridian
• an imaginary line that circles Earth half way between the poles
• a system of measuring land areas accurately
• one half of the sphere that makes up Earth's surface

Which of the following can be used to find the elevation of a feature on a topographic map?

• the scale
• an index contour
• a depression 
• a pixel

The topography of an area depends on each of the following except

• landforms
• relief
• pixels
• elevation

Which of the following is often a main difference between a coastal plain and an interior plain?

• elevation
• relief
• contour
• latitude

What is a list of all of a map's symbols called?

• a globe
• a scale
• a key
• a contour

The prime meridian runs through 

• Greenwich, England
• Washington, D.C,
• 180 degrees west
• lines of longitude

The imgainary line that circles Earth halfway between the poles is called the

• prime meridian
• equator
• contour interval
• hemisphere

A map's ______ relates distance on a map to a distance on Earth's surface.

• latitude
• scale
• key
• hemisphere