Map and Geography Quiz

Map makers use a ___ to show direction on a map.

• compass rose

• legend

• scale

• grid

Maps usually have a ____ to show what distance on the earth is represented by a certain distance on the map.

• grid

• scale

• legend

• compass

• key

The location of a place on the earth as compared to some other place is called ________

• absolute location

• relative location

• geographical position

• exact coordinates

• global address

Distance north and south of the Equator is measured in degrees of ______

• latitude

• longitude

• altitude

• meridian

• hemisphere

Distance east or west of the Prime Meridian is measured in degrees of ______

• latitude

• longitude

• altitude

• temperature

• time

Another name for the Prime Meridian is ________

• 0 degrees latitude

• 0 degrees longitude

• 90 degrees latitude

• 180 degrees longitude

• 45 degrees latitude

The legend of a map tells what the _______ on the map mean.

• symbols

• cells

• lines

• colors

• grids

When it is winter in the Northern Hemisphere, it is (spring, summer) in the Southern Hemisphere.

• spring

• summer

• autumn

• winter

A map that shows how the land looks is called a map.

• physical

• political

• climatic

• economic

The tracking system composed of satellites, receivers, and ground stations is called the (Global Positioning System, geographic information system).

• Global Positioning System

• geographic information system

• Satellite Navigation System

• Remote Sensing System

• Earth Observation System