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WorksheetsBasic Map Skills
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 8mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Which of the following is NOT a cardinal direction?
a)
North
b)
East
c)
Southwest
d)
South
2.
Which of the following is an intermediate direction?
a)
North
b)
South
c)
Northwest
d)
Northsouth
3.
What continent do we live on?
a)
North America
b)
United States of America
c)
Europe
d)
Georgia
4.
When you describe a place in terms of another place, that is called...
a)
relative location
b)
absolute location
5.
Latitude and longitude numbers for a place are called the...
a)
points
b)
coordinates
c)
grid
6.
What is the zero degree line of latitude?
a)
Prime Meridian
b)
Equator
c)
Tropic of Capricorn
7.
The zero degree line of longitude is called the
a)
Equator
b)
Prime Meridian
c)
Tropic of Cancer
8.
Which type of map might show you what language is spoken in a region?
a)
Historical map
b)
Cultural map
c)
Political map
9.
Which type of map will show you how many people live in a specific area?
a)
Cultural map
b)
Physical map
c)
Population density map
10.
What is the tool on the map that you can use to measure the distance between places?
a)
Ruler
b)
scale
c)
Grid
11.
Latitude lines run
a)
North to South
b)
East to West
c)
Up and down
12.
Longitude lines run
a)
Side to side
b)
East to West
c)
North to South
13.
The closer you are to the Equator, the _________ it is.
a)
colder
b)
hotter
c)
longer
14.
The earth is split into two
a)
hemispheres
b)
directions
c)
sides
15.
What is the tool on the map that shows you the directions?
a)
compass rose
b)
scale
c)
key
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