Beginning of the Year Map Skills

What is the geographical feature labeled with a letter A?

• Mississippi River

• Rio Grande River

• Great Lakes

• James River

What is the geographical feature labeled with a C?

• James River

• Chesapeake Bay

• Rio Grande River

• Mississippi River

What is the name of the purple continent?

• North America

• South America

• Africa

• Europe

What is the name of the green continent?

• South America

• North America

• Australia

• Europe

What is the name of the brown continent?

• Antarctica

• Europe

• Africa

• South America

What is the name of the yellow continent?

• Africa

• Europe

• Australia

• Asia

What is the name of the blue continent?

• Asia

• Africa

• Antarctica

• Australia

How many continents and oceans are there in the world?

• 7 continents and 4 oceans

• 8 continents and 4 oceans

• 7 continents and 5 oceans

• 8 contents and 5 oceans

What is this object known as?

• map symbol
• map key
• map scale
• compass rose

What are the lines that go from north to south called?

• Longitude Lines

• Latitude Lines

• Prime Meridians

• Equators