Map Skills Assessment

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

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

The equator breaks the Earth into what two hemispheres?

• Eastern and Southern

• Northern and Southern

• Western and Eastern

• Northern and Western

The Prime Meridian separates the Earth into what two hemispheres?

• Northern and Southern

• Western and Eastern

• Northern and Eastern

• Southern and Western

What is the name of the line at zero degrees longitude?

• Equator
• Prime Meridian
• North Pole
• South Pole

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

• compass rose

• map key

• map scale