Map Skills Quiz

What is a map key?

• A compass

• Where something is found

• A box on a map in which map symbols are explained

• The four directions of north, south, east, and west

What is a Scale on a Map?

• Where something is found

• A model of the earth

• a picture that shows a location

• Show the relationship between distance on a map and in reality.

What Cardinal direction is missing?

What is the name of the purple continent?

• North America

• South America

• Africa

• Europe

What is the name of the green continent?

• South America

• North America

• Australia

• Europe

What is the name of the blue continent?

• Asia

• Africa

• Antarctica

• Australia

What is the name of the red continent?

• South America

• Australia

• Antarctica

• Asia

What is the name of the imaginary line that runs from east to west, and separates the Northern and Southern Hemispheres?

• Equator

• Prime Meridian

• Longitude

• Latitude

What is the name of the imaginary line on the globe that runs north to south, and separates the Eastern and Western Hemispheres?

• Equator

• Prime Meridian

• Latitude

• Longitude

What is the name of the ocean labeled with a letter A?

• Indian Ocean

• Arctic Ocean

• Atlantic Ocean

• Pacific Ocean