Geography Quiz

North, south, east, and west are called what?

• Intermediate directions

• Cardinal directions

• Secondary directions

• Primary directions

Geographic coordinates include two numbers: the latitude and what else?

• Altitude

• Longitude

• Elevation

• Depth

The areas and shapes of counties on a state map would be represented by the __________ GIS data type.

• circle

• line

• point

• polygon

• rectangle

What is the highest possible number for a longitude reading?

• 45°

• 90°

• 180°

• 360°

No map can show every detail of the earth’s surface.

• True

• False

In comparison to a map of the United States, a map showing the streets in your neighborhood would be a __________ map.

• small-scale

• large-scale

• medium-scale

• global-scale

Cartographers use map projections to transfer points from a sphere (the earth) to a plane (a flat map).

• True

• False

Which type of map is represented by image B?

• Political map

• Geographic map

• Topographic map

• Thematic map

What is a simplified image that models a part of the earth’s surface called?

• Scale

• Map

• Position

• Contour line

What expresses the ratio of two numbers indicating the relative size and detail of map features?

• Map

• Scale

• Position

• Contour line