Unit 2 Geography Test

This map type is one that shows boundaries, major cities, states or providences and human made features.

• Physical Map

• Political Map

• Thematic Map

Tags

Maps

Geography

Map Skills

This map type shows natural features of the earth, like mountains, rivers, landforms and large bodies of water.

• Political Map

• Thematic Map

• Physical Map

A person who makes maps is known as a

• Historian

• Geologist

• Archaeologist

• Cartographer

What are the four cardinal directions?

• North, South, Windy, Sunny

• Never Eat Slimy Worms

• North, South, East, West

• South Never Eat West

One of four compass points that fall between the cardinal directions northeast, southeast, northwest, and southwest.

• Cardinal Directions
• Key
• Compass Rose
• Intermediate Directions

What directions would you travel to go from Catherine's house to the school?

• Northeast

• Northwest

• Southeast

• Southwest

What is the purpose of a map scale?

• To show the distance between places on a map

• To show where the next lake is

• To tell you what the symbols on a map mean

• To help you find south

What is the name for this part of the map?

• Scale

• Title

• compass rose
• Geographic Grid

What is this part of the map?

• Geographic Gr

• Map Key/ Map Legend

• Compass Rose

• Title

One half of the Earth is called a

• Ocean

• Hemisphere

• Map Scale

• Delta