Our Communities Quiz

What is the name of a place where people live, work, and have fun together?

• living room

• an amusement park

• a community

• the playground

What is the name of the map part that tells the directions, like north or south?

• scale

• symbol

• compass rose

• map key

What type of parades, festivals, and fairs honor the way of life of a group of people?

• school

• musical

• cultural

• sports

What are the cardinal directions?

• north, south, east, and southwest

• northwest, southwest, northeast, and southeast

• north, south, east, and west

• north, northwest, south, and southwest

What are the intermediate directions?

• northwest, south, east, and southwest

• north, southwest, northeast, and southeast

• north, south, east, and west

• northeast, northwest, southeast, and southwest

Maps can have symbols. What is a good symbol to represent a mountain range?

If someone tells you that they are going to Walmart behind McDonalds in The Villages, they are giving you what type of direction?

Why would people choose to live in a big city? Choose two answers.

• more jobs

• less people live there

• lots of diversity

• wide open spaces

The equator divides Earth into what two parts?

• Tropic of Cancer and Tropic of Capricorn

• four equal parts

• Northern and Southern Hemispheres

• Eastern and Western Hemispheres

The imaginary lines that can help you find an absolute location are called what?

• latitude and longitude

• Tropic of Cancer and Tropic of Capricorn

• Hemisphere and Equator

• Prime Meridian and International Date Line