Chapter 1 Review: Reading Maps

A plane travels from Bakersfield, California to Buenos Aires, Argentia. Through what does it pass?

• Equator

• prime meridian

• 180-degree meridian

• internation date line

Michael sees brown lines on a topographic map. What do these lines indicate?

• A park

• utility lines

• contour lines

• roads and trails

What is the correct sequence to plot a location on Earth?

• Latitude, Longitude

• Longitude, Latitude

• Altitude, Longitude

• Longitude, Altitude

What is the correct sequence to plot a location on Earth?

• seconds, minutes, degrees

• minutes, seconds, degrees

• degrees, seconds, minutes

• degrees, minutes, seconds

What is another word for a map legend?

• Key

• Scale

• Compass

• Grid

Which statement about geologic maps is true?

• They show political boundaries

• They show weather patterns

• They show rock formations

• They show population density

A builder is preparing to dig the foundation of a house to the proper depth. Which would he likely use?

• map view

• profile view

• contour map

• topographic map

Topographic maps are used to show the shape of earth's surface

• True

• False

Topographic maps area always drawn in map view.

• True

• False

The lines drawn on topographic maps to join points of equal elevation are called contour lines

• True

• False