Unit 1 Test (World Maps and Climate)

Which tells you what a map is all about?

• Map title

• Map scale

• Legend or key

• Compass rose

What tells us which direction to go?

• Map key

• Map Title

• Compass rose

• Scale

What shows how distances on a map relate to distances on Earth's surface?

• Map Scale

• Legend

• Compass Rose

• Map Title

What is the center line of longitude?

• Equator

• Prime meridian

• Longitude

• latitude

What is the center line of Latitude

• Prime meridian

• Meridians

• Latitude

• Equator

What is the red arrow point to?

• compass rose

• legend

• title

• scale

A Person who makes/draws maps is

• historian

• geologist

• archaeologist

• cartographer

A map that shows mountains, rivers, deserts, etc is called a:

• political map

• physical maps

• thematic maps

• climatic maps

A map that shows boundaries for countries, states, cities, etc., is called a:

• climate map

• physical map

• product map

• political map

What are the intermediate directions on a compass rose?

• north, south, east, west

• northeast, southeast, northwest, southwest