Map/Geography Quiz

A way of representing the curved Earth on a flat surface.

• map scale

• map elements

• map projection

• map legend

Water that contain insignificant amounts of salts, as in rivers and lakes. Early civilizations developed along rivers because of the available fresh water.

• salt water

• fresh water

Which map is the most common map used by geographers today? It balances size and shape while reducing distortion.

• large scale

• small scale

• Robinson

• Winkle Tripel

A map that shows a smaller amount of area with a greater amount of detail?

• Winkle Tripel

• small scale

• large scale

What are lines that run north to south called?

• Lines of Latitude

• Lines of Longitude

The equator runs north to south.

• True

• False

Earth's outermost layer of rock made up of both dry land and ocean floor

• crust

• inner mantle

The average weather conditions in an area over a long period of time.

• climate

• weather

• precipitation

• snow

The gradual movement of the continents across the earth's surface over time.

• climate

• tectonic plates

• continental drift

• boundries

To show population in the state of Iowa, geographers would use

• point symbol map

• dot density map