Map Quiz

What is a map scale?

• a tool to measure distance

• a tool to tell direction

• a tool to start a fire

• a tool to build a house

What is this object known as?

• map symbol
• map key
• map scale
• compass rose

What Continent do you live on?

• South America
• Europe
• North America
• Australia

The four main points of the compass North, South, East, and West.

• Compass Rose

• Cardinal Directions

• Intermediate Directions

• Map Scale

Lines of ______ measure how far from the equator a place is located?

• Longitude

• Latitude

Lines of Longitude measure how far from the _______ a place is located.

• Equator

• International Date Line

• Prime Meridian

• Tropic of Cancer

The invisible line at 0 degrees latitude is called the ________. 

• International Date Line

• Prime Meridian

• Equator

• Arctic Circle

Information box on a map that explains what symbols on a map represent

• compass rose

• map key

• map scale

shows distance between two locations on a map

• map scale

• map key

• compass rose

an explanation of what the symbols on a map stand for

• map symbols

• map key/legend

• compass rose