Map Skills Quiz

The distance north or south of the equator measured in degrees is called

• longitude

• equatorville

• latitude

• Prime Meridian

Degrees in geography are

• a unit for measuring distance

• how hot it was yesterday

• What you have when you graduate from college

• a unit for measuring angles of a sphere

Distance east or west of the Prime Meridian, measured in degrees, is called

• latitude

• longitude

• equator

• hemisphere

Lines of latitude are called

• parallels

• flatitude

• circles

• Tropic of Cancer

The equator is

• an imaginary circle around the middle of the earth, dividing the world into north and south hemispheres

• a line you can see that goes around the earth like a belt

• an imaginary circle around the middle of the earth, dividing the world into east and west hemispheres

• the scale we use to balance things

The meridian, designated at 0° longitude, which passes through the Royal Observatory at Greenwich, England, is called

• the First Meridian.

• the Zero Meridian.

• The Greenwich Mean Meridian.

• the Prime Meridian.

A map that shows countries and borders is called a

• physical map

• a country map

• political map

• a topographic map

A map that shows mountains, hills, plains, rivers, lakes, oceans, etc., is called a

• political map

• physical map

• climate map

• road map

A map that shows the important resources of a country or region is called a

• climate map

• political map

• topographic map

• economic map

Cartography is the study of

• old maps

• maskmaking

• mapmaking

• drawing carts