Map Skills Quiz 1

A _________ is used to represent real objects on the map such as a building, road, lake, tree, mountain, etc.

• Symbol
• Compass Rose
• Map Scale
• Merdian

 A __________ is used to identify what the symbols on the map stand for.  The meaning of the symbol may be explained using this.

• Physical Map
• Map Key
• Compass Rose
• Map

The red question mark is located to the _________ of the compass rose.

• North
• Northeast
• Northwest
• East

The red question mark is located to the _________ of the compass rose.

• North
• South
• Southeast
• Southwest

The red question mark is located to the _________ of the compass rose.

• North 
• South
• East
• West

Which state borders Ohio to the West?

• California
• Indiana
• Pennsylvania
• Michigan

A circle showing the principal directions printed on a map or chart.

• A Point
• Compass Rose
• Map Scale
• Direction

What is a map scale?

• a tool to measure distance
• a tool to tell direction
• a tool to start a fire
• a tool to build a house

What is the map element that tells what symbols on the map mean?

• Key/Compass
• Key/Legend
• Legend/Scale
• Inset/Scale

Relative location is...

• how to get to a place
• finding the location of a place by describing its location from another place
• not a real thing
• exactly where something is located