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Map&Graph Skils

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 33mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
(Map 1-10) What covers most of the Amazon River Basin?
a)
Rubber
b)
Bauxite
c)
Tropical hardwood forest
d)
coal
2.
(Map 1-10) In how many places in the Amazon River basin is gold found?
a)
1
b)
2
c)
3
d)
4
3.
(Map 1-10) In what part of the Amazon River Basin is coal found?
a)
North
b)
South
c)
East 
d)
West
4.
(Map 1-10) In what part of the Amazon River Basin is oil found?
a)
Central
b)
Northern
c)
Southern
d)
Western
5.
(Map 1-11) What kind of highways are the ones numbered 81 and 90 which cross the center of the map?
a)
Freeway
b)
Interstate Highway
c)
Farm Roads
d)
State Highway
6.
(Map 1-11) What can you expect to find at a place marked with this symbol?
a)
Ski Area
b)
Rest Area
c)
Campground
d)
Airport
7.
(Map 1-11) What do the numbers between 2 marks like these tell you? 
a)
Distance between cities
b)
Distance between mileage markers
c)
Distance between countries
d)
Distances between states
8.
(Map 1-11) What is the difference between these 2 symbols?
a)
restrooms
b)
reststops
c)
resthomes
d)
restways
9.
(Map 1-11) What would you expect to do at a place marked with this symbol?
a)
slide
b)
sled
c)
bike
d)
ski
10.
(Map 1-11) How many different kinds of highways are shown on this map?
a)
1
b)
2
c)
3
d)
4
11.
(Map 1-11) In which cell in the grid is Texas?
a)
B-3
b)
D-3
c)
A-3
d)
D-1
12.
(Map 1-11) In which cell in the grid is Chittenango Falls State Park?
a)
E-1
b)
E-4
c)
C-4
d)
B-2
13.
A kind of map that shows features/landforms of the land
a)
political map
b)
physical map
c)
special purpose map
d)
thematic map
14.
A kind of map that gives one particular kind of information
a)
political map
b)
physical map
c)
special purpose map
d)
national map
15.
A kind of map that shows how humans have divided the earth into countries and states
a)
political map
b)
physical map
c)
special purpose map
d)
thematic map
16.
GPS stands for....
a)
geographic information system
b)
place that tracks the orbits 
c)
global positioning system
d)
small device that decondes
17.
How many satellites broadcast to GPS receivers at any one time?
a)
4
b)
6
c)
8
d)
12
18.
How many satellites make up GPS?
a)
12
b)
24
c)
36
d)
48
19.
Machines in space that transmits data to the earth.
a)
GPS
b)
receiver
c)
ground station
d)
satellites
20.
One use of data from GIS, geographic information systems
a)
teenagers use it to download music from iTunes
b)
farmers combine various types  of data to plan for their crops
c)
teachers use it to plan lessons for school
d)
it is never used for any practical reasons