Colony Map Skills Quiz

If the legend on a map shows that each inch equals 25 miles, what is the actual distance between two cities three inches apart?

• 200 miles

• 150 miles

• 75 miles

• 25 miles

What does the star symbol from a map legend represent?

• a mountain range

• a capitol city

• a desert

• a river delta

What is a delta?

• a wide alluvial mouth of a river

• a man-made waterway

• a point of land projecting into the sea

• a large part of an ocean or sea that extends into the land

What is an isthmus?

• a wide sand bar in a river

• a narrow strip of land connecting two larger land masses

• a line of trees below the snowy areas on mountain tops

• a marshy area on an island

What are latitude and longitude lines?

• the names of two early map makers

• two other names for the North and the South poles

• the distance between two points

• lines on maps which help plot locations

Where are you most likely to find a swamp?

• a coastal lowland

• near a deep, well-protected bay

• on the moon

• in tall mountains near the coast

What is a cape?

• a long projection of land into water connected to the mainland by an isthmus

• a shallow sea

• a huge mass of ice and frozen snow

• a point of land projecting into the sea

Which of the following cannot be shown on a map?

• how to tell time

• the location of the police station nearest to your home

• how far the moon is from the Earth

• which roads to take to get to New York City

What is a bay?

• a shallow part of a river with a fast current

• a man-made waterway

• an extension of a sea or ocean into the land

• a wet, spongy land area

The legend on a map tells

• what country the map tells about

• how to find rivers and lakes

• how to read symbols on the map

• where to find important cities