Map Skills Test Review (part 1)

What is the map title?

• Ocean City
• Venezuela
• Caracas
• Caribbean Sea

All of the places on Earth North of the equator are in the _____ Hemisphere.

• Eastern
• Westerns
• Northern
• Southern

All of the places on Earth South of the equator are in the _____ Hemisphere.

• Eastern
• Western
• Northern
• Southern

___ is another name for a map key.

• title
• scale
• locator
• legend

When stating coordinates for a location on a map, you always place…

• large numbers before smaller numbers.
• longitude before latitude.
• latitude  before longitude
• smaller numbers before larger numbers.

If you wanted to calculate the distance from one city to another city on a map, you would need to use the   ___ to help you.

• compass rose
• map key/legend
• map title
• map scale

If you wanted to find out what a symbol on a map meant, you would look at the ___.

• inset map
• locator
• map key/legend
• map tilte

The ____________________ divides the world into the Northern and Southern Hemispheres.

• prime meridian
• equator
• latitude
• longitude

The ________________ divides the world into the Eastern and Western Hemispheres.

• prime meridian
• equator
• latiude
• longitude

A __________________________________shows natural features of the earth…location & names of   mountains, rivers, valleys, deserts & other landforms.

• map scale
• map title
• political map
• physical map