Map skills and 5 themes

This picture best shows

• latitude

• transportation corridor

• adapting to the environment

• transportation barrier

What is the map scale used to figure out?

• what the map symbols mean

• the number of countries shown on a map

• which direction is north, south, east, and west

• the real distance between places on the map

Which of the following is a reason people might move?

• for freedom of religion

• to escape persection

• for job opportunities

• all of the above

A police officer is giving you direction. He says, "The library is next to the fire station." He is describing the library's ______________.

• coordinates

• relative location

• absolute location

• hemisphere

Choose the geography theme that best fits the example below.

We live in the Texas Panhandle.

• Movement

• Human-Environment Interaction

• Location

• Region

The picture best shows:

• migration

• transportation barrier

• modifying the environment

• transportation corridor

Choose the geography theme that best fits the example below.

The Alamo is a popular tourist attraction in San Antonio.

• Human - Environment Interaction

• movement

• place

• region

If you wanted to know the symbol for "river" where on a map would you look?

• the scale

• the compass rose

• the borders

• the legend

The map shown is a ______________ map.

• Political

• Physical

• Inset

• Locator

Which of the following statements if false:

• Latitude lines run east and west.

• Everyone measure latitude and longitude differently.

• Absolute location is universal.

• Latitude and longitude line are invisible.