Seifert 6th Grade Social Studies Final

1. What does the relative location of a place tell you?

• A. the longitude and latitude of a place

• B. which symbol shows a place on a map

• C. where a place is compared to another place

• D. the map projection being used to show a place

2. Which two continents are located entirely in the Western Hemisphere?

• A. Europe and Africa

• B. Asia and Antarctica

• C. North America and Australia

• D. North America and South America

3. What do geographers use to indicate the absolute location of any place on Earth?

• A. a global grid

• B. a map legend

• C. a map scale

• D. a compass rose

4. A meridian of longitude is an imaginary line that runs

• A. parallel to the Arctic Circle.

• B. parallel to the Tropic of Cancer.

• C. from the North Pole to the South Pole.

• D. from the Prime Meridian to the International Date Line.

5. What does a map's scale compare?

• A. direction on a map with direction on Earth

• B. distance on a map with distance on Earth

• C. location on a map with location on a globe

• D. distortion on a map with distortion on a globe

6. Which term means the pattern of weather over a long period of time?

• A. climate

• B. density

• C. region

• D. vegetation

7. What are coal, iron, uranium, and petroleum?

• A. land uses

• B. vegetation zones

• C. natural resources

• D. economic activities

8. A map that shows population density is a type of

• A. physical map.

• B. political map.

• C. regional map.

• D. thematic map.

9. What do geographers call an area with one or more features that set it apart from other areas?

• A. a city

• B. a region

• C. a landform

• D. a climate zone

Applying Geography Skills: Identifying Elements of a Map

Use the map and your knowledge of geography to complete the task below.

Step 1. Identify the map elements marked A-E on the chart below.

Step 2. Briefly describe what each element tells a map user.

What is A?

• The United States, what I'm looking at

• Map Title, what I'm looking at

• Country, map source

• Map Title, Map Source