Practice Quiz Map Skill

What is the name of the tool that shows cardinal and intermediate directions?

• line of longitude

• compass rose

• map

• key

Where would you find the symbol that indicates which city on the map is the capital city?

• map scale
• map legend
• map elevation
• map title

A map showing mountains, rivers, oceans, elevation is what type of map?

• Political
• Physical
• Thematic
• Nothing

What kind of map is this?

• weather
• product
• physical
• political

Identify this map

• Physical Map
• Climate Map
• Road Map

• The map shows lines of longitude.
• The map shows lines of latitude.

What is the name of the line at zero degrees longitude?

• Equator
• Prime Meridian
• North Pole
• South Pole

What tells what the map is about?

• map key
• index
• compass rose
• title

What do you use a topographic map for?

• to figure an exact location

• To check the weather

• To check the population density of a city.

• To look for surface features like mountains.