Orienteering Prior Knowledge

A map that shows the features of the earth's surface is...

• geographic map
• political map
• topographic map
• special purpose map

To navigate an orienteering course, you will need...

• a tour guide
• a written set of directions
• a GPS
• a topographic map and a compass

What is Orienteering

• Long and miserable hikes

• Flying ships across a lake

• Taking bearings in unfamiliar locationa

• Using a map and compass to navigate to control points

What is this?

(a)  

On an orienteering map, how are changes in elevation shown?

• colors
• contour lines
• in the key
• with numbers

One key to successful navigation of an orienteering course is to know...

• the location of the next control
• the sun's position overhead
• your latitude and longitude 
• where you are on the map

A compass will always be oriented to the...

• north
• south
• east
• west

The color of streams, rivers, lakes on an orienteering map is...

• brown
• yellow
• green
• blue

Orienteers consider this color their "friend" because it is the color of open, passable fields.

• yellow
• black
• brown
• dark green

Where would you look on an orienteering map to learn the meanings of the symbols?

• the title
• the contour lines
• the key or legend
• the credits