Map Skills Quiz

Who is a person that creates maps?

• Geographer

• Cartographer

• Navigator

• Explorer

What is a symbol that shows cardinal and intermediate directions called?

• Map scale

• Compass rose

• Equator

• Prime Meridian

What are numbers or letters along the margins of a map that help you find a place’s location called?

• Coordinates

• Latitude lines

• Longitude lines

• Map scale

What is the imaginary horizontal line that runs around the center of the earth dividing it into the northern and southern hemispheres?

• Prime Meridian

• Equator

• Latitude line

• Longitude line

What does GIS stand for?

• Geographic Information System

• Global Information System

• Geographic Integration System

• Global Integration System

What is ½ of the earth, divided between north and south or east and west, called?

• Hemisphere

• Equator

• Prime Meridian

• Territory

What are imaginary horizontal lines going around the earth showing how far north and south places are from the Equator called?

• Longitude lines

• Latitude lines

• Coordinates

• Map scale

What are vertical lines going around the Earth from the North Pole to the South Pole on a globe or a map called?

• Latitude lines

• Coordinates

• Longitude lines

• Map scale

What is a flat drawing of places around the world that shows where places are located and how to get there?

• Globe

• Map

• Political map

• Physical map

What are naturally occurring features on Earth, such as mountains, deserts, rivers, or oceans called?

• Physical features

• Political features

• Coordinates

• Territories