Geography and Map Types Quiz

What directions are shown as cardinal directions?

• north, south, east, west

• cardinal directions

• ordinal directions/intermediate

• political map

A topographic map is one that shows

• climate maps

• topographical

• digital satellite images

• map that is a type of physical map and show elevation changes.

shows how many people live in an area relative to the space occupied by them.

• physical map

• population density maps

• digital satellite images

• aerial photographs

drawings that represent a portion of the Earth's surface on a flat piece of paper that can be folded and transported easily.

• legend/key

• Maps

• digital satellite images

• physical map

What direction indicator would you use to show cardinal directions?

• compass rose

• shows average monthly or yearly weather conditions. provide rainfall, temperature and snowfall amounts of an area.

• A mapmaker uses a wide variety of different types of maps.

• map that is a type of physical map and show elevation changes.

Photographs of the land that are taken from a helicopter, airplane or satellite.

• physical map

• aerial photographs

• population density maps

• digital satellite images

maps from the past

• physical map

• political map

• cardinal directions

• historical maps

Another name for a 'key' is a

• legend

• digital satellite images

• special kind of map that is round and three-dimensional which represents the entire Earth.

• ordinal directions/intermediate

shows natural resources as well as different products that are made in a particular area.

• product maps

• shows average monthly or yearly weather conditions. provide rainfall, temperature and snowfall amounts of an area.

• shows boundaries and locations of countries, states, and major cities. May also show capital s and the locations of major towns and countries

• displays geographic features of an area

This tells us what distance on the map represents in real life. For example, one inch might represent 200 miles in real life. If two cities are two inches apart, then the actual distance between them is 400 miles.

• physical map

• scale of miles

• aerial photographs

• historical maps