Reading Maps

Which land use is not found along the Equator?

• Commercial Fishing

• Subsistence Farming

• Trade and Manufacturing

• Forestry

Which City is located at approximately 60 degrees North, 30 degrees East?

• Quebec City

• Istanbul

• Melbourne

• St. Petersburg

Which monument is directly North of the Gold Discovery Museum?

• Sawmill Replica

• Gold Discovery Site

• James Marshall Monument

• Mill Site

Which vegetation zone is only found north of 50 degrees North latitude?

• Coniferous forest

• Temperate grassland

• Tundra

• Desert shrub

Which two cities are about ten miles apart?

• Falls Church and Arlington

• New Carrolton and Annandale

• Suitland and Alexandria

• Potomac and Camp Springs

The _______________ divides the Earth into the Northern and Southern Hemisphere.

• North Pole

• Prime Meridian

• Equator

• Tropic of Cancer

This map featuring the mountains of Argentina is an example of a _________ map.

• political

• dot

• transporation

• physical

What does a thematic map do?

• Ignores the audience

• Cannot be used to interpret data

• Emphasizes a particular theme or special topic

• Always uses dots

According to this map: Which Australian territory has the greatest population?

• New South Wales

• South Australia

• Western Australia

• Northern Territory

The purpose of the map is to ...

• show elevation change

• show the acreage of cropland harvested

• show the variety of crops harvested

• show population density