Geography: Map Skills

Which is a model of the Earth?

• Geography

• Globe

• Basketball

• Hemisphere

What do we call the largest areas of land?

• Islands

• Continents

• Countries

• Peninsula

Which of these might be used to compare the number of people living in five cities?

• A Compass Rose

• A Physical Map

• Globe

• Graph

A compass rose is placed on a map in order to show.

• scale

• elevation

• direction

• climate

Which of these is a continent?

• South Africa

• Asia

• the Artic

• Alaska

To tell how far a place is from the Equator, maps use:

• lines of latitude

• boundary lines

• timelines

• lines of longtitude

This kind of map shows the earth's features, such as mountains and plains, as well as elevations:

• political map

• distribution map

• climate map

• physical map

How many continents are there?

• 7

• 8

• 5

• 6

To find the distance between two places on a map, you would use:

• a scale

• line of latitude

• a symbol

• a line of longtitude

A map's key shows the:

• length of the equator

• map's time zone

• meaning of symbols used on the map

• location of the sun at different times