Geography Quiz

What continent is located in all four hemispheres?

• Africa

• South America

• Russia

• Europe

The changes in shape, size, and position of features that occur when representing the Earth on a flat map take place because of ___________________.

• distrortion

• rotation

• scale

• tilt

A meridian of longitude is an imaginary line that runs…

• from the Prime Meridian to the International Date Line.

• parallel to the Tropic of Cancer.

• from the North Pole to the South Pole.

• parallel to the Arctic Circle.

Which of the following is the main advantage of the type of map projection shown below?

• It shows relative locations of places more accurately.

• It shows distances between places more accurately.

• It shows the area of the oceans more accurately.

• It shows the size and shape of continents more accurately.

What causes the changing of the seasons throughout the year?

• the tilt of the Earth's axis toward the sun

• the division of Earth into hemispheres

• the rotation of Earth around the axis

• the distance between the sun and Earth

What does a map’s scale compare?

• distortion on a map with distortion on a globe

• the distance on a map with distance on Earth

• direction on a map with the direction on Earth

• location on a map with location on a globe

You are going on vacation and your parents have rented a condo for your stay. Before leaving, your mom loads the address into the navigation system in the car to get driving directions. Your mom used _____________ to get to the correct place.

• relative location

• cardinal directions

• absolute location

• intermediate directions

You invited a friend to go to the movies at Studio Movie Grill in Marietta, GA. You do not have the address, but you can describe how to get there. You tell them they will need to take 120 out of Dallas headed towards Marietta. The road will also be called Whitlock Ave. Once they pass the square in Marietta, the road name will change to Roswell Road. After a few miles, they will see the Big Chicken on their left. They will need to go past the Big Chicken and pass under I-75. At the first traffic light after they pass under I-75, they will turn right onto Woolco Drive. The Benz and Beemer Auto Solutions till be on their left. The road will curve to the left and bring you in the back way to the movie theater. You used ____________ to help them get to the correct place.

• absolute location

• intermediate directions

• relative location

• cardinal directions

What is the main problem with showing a spherical Earth on a flat map?

• The map must be enormous to show details.

• The size, shape, and position of Earth’s surfaces are distorted.

• Maps are more difficult to carry around than globes.

• Only globes can accurately show distances.

What is the purpose of a compass rose?

• to tell what the map shows

• to identify symbols on a map

• to indicate directions on a map

• to locate any point on Earth using coordinates it provides