Map Skills Practice Quiz

What type of map is this?

• Political

• Physical

• Thematic

What type of map is this?

• Political

• Physical

• Thematic

What type of map is this?

• Political

• Physical

• Thematic

0 degrees latitude; an imaginary line that runs around the middle of Earth, like a belt, and divides the globe into the northern and the southern hemispheres.

• Tropic of Cancer

• Equator

• Prime Meridian

• Tropic of Capricorn

0 degrees longitude; an imaginary line that runs north and south and divides the globe into the eastern and western hemispheres

• Prime Meridian

• Equator

• International Date Line

• Tropic of Capricorn

Latitude and Longitude lines are measured in __________.

• inches

• miles

• degrees

• ounces

What tool would you use to measure the distance between two places on a map?

• key

• legend

• scale

• grid

A __________ is used to identify the direction of north, south, east, and west.

• Compass Rose

• Compass Blossom

• Compass Tulip

• Compass Daisy

What part of the map contains symbols?

• Key/Legend
• Scale
• Symbols
• Colors

What do we call directions that come between the cardinal directions?

• Primary Directions
• Intermediate Directions
• Middle Directions
• Subdirections