Map Skills Test

What hemisphere do you live in?

• Canadian
• Northern
• Southern
• Mexican

What Continent do you live on?

• South America
• Europe
• North America
• Australia

The four main points of the compass North, South, East, and West.

• Compass Rose
• Cardinal Directions
• Intermediate Directions
• Map Scale

The relative location of a place relative to other places (eg., northwest or downstream)

• Relative Location
• Compass Rose
• Cardinal Directions
• Intermediate Directions

What element on the map shows directions?

• scale

• compass rose

• title

• country

What tool would you use to measure the distance between two places on a map?

• key

• legend

• scale

• grid

What tool would you use to find the exact location of a place?

• grid system

• scale

• title

• legend

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

• Equator
• Prime Meridian
• North Pole
• South Pole

What part of the map contains symbols?

• Key/Legend
• Scale
• Symbols
• Colors

imaginary lines on a map that run east and west (horizontal)

• Latitude

• Longitude