Geography Skills Test

A very large body of land on Earth is called a ________________.

• continent

• symbol

• ocean

• equator

The farthest place south on Earth is the

• North Pole

• South Pole

• intermediate directions

• compass rose

A very large body of salt water is called a

• ocean

• continent

• map title

• North Pole

The farthest place north on Earth is the

• equator

• compass rose

• cardinal directions

• North Pole

___________ tells what the symbols on a map stand for.

• Intermediate directions

• Compass Rose

• Map key

• Cardinal directions

Something that stands for something else is a _____________

• symbol

• equator

• hemisphere

• map title

An invisible line circling Earth halfway between the North and South Pole is called

• a map key

• compass rose

• map title

• the equator

________shows the directions on a map.

• An equator

• A compass rose

• A map title

• A map key

What are the cardinal directions?

• North, South, East, West

• Northeast, Southeast, Northwest, Southwest

• Right, Left, Front, Back

What are the intermediate directions?

• North, South, East, West

• Northeast, Southeast, Northwest, Southwest

• Right, Left, Front, Back