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Map Skills

Total questions: 30

Worksheet time: 17mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
tells you the topic of a map, what the map is about
a)
Map Title 
b)
Map Key 
c)
Map Grid
d)
Compass Rose 
2.
helps you find the absolute location of places on a map
a)
Map Title 
b)
Map Grid 
c)
Compass Rose 
d)
Map Scale 
3.
shows what the symbols on the map stand for
a)
Map Title 
b)
Map Grid 
c)
Map Scale 
d)
Map Key
4.
Gives cardinal directions on a map
a)
Map Key
b)
Map Title 
c)
Compass Rose 
d)
Map Grid
5.
Shows how distances on a map compare to distances on Earth
a)
Map Grid 
b)
Map Scale 
c)
Map Title 
d)
Map Key
6.
A change in the shape, size, or position of a place when its shown on the map
a)
Distortion 
b)
Map Projection 
7.
A way of representing the spherical Earth on a flat surface
a)
Distortion 
b)
Map Projection
8.
Line that separates the world into the southern and northern hemispheres
a)
Prime Meridian 
b)
Equator 
c)
International Date Line 
d)
Tropic of Cancer 
9.
Which map projection is this?
a)
Robinson 
b)
Goode's Homolosine 
c)
Mercator
d)
Lambert
10.
Which map projection is this?
a)
Robinson 
b)
Goode's Homolosine 
c)
Mercator
d)
Lambert
11.
Which map projection is this?
a)
Robinson 
b)
Goode's Homolosine 
c)
Mercator
d)
Lambert
12.
Which map projection is this?
a)
Robinson 
b)
Goode's Homolosine 
c)
Mercator
d)
Lambert
13.
north, south, east, west
a)
Cardinal Directions
b)
Intermediate Directions
14.
northeast, southeast, northwest, southwest
a)
Cardinal Directions
b)
Intermediate Directions
15.
Located in the northern and western hemisphere
a)
North America
b)
Asia
c)
Australia 
d)
Antarctica 
16.
Located in the Eastern and Southern hemisphere
a)
North America
b)
Asia
c)
Australia 
d)
Antarctica 
17.
Located in the Eastern, Northern, and Southern hemispheres
a)
North America
b)
Asia
c)
Australia
d)
Antarctica 
18.
Located in the Eastern and Northern hemispheres
a)
Paris, France
b)
Melbourne, Australia
c)
Santiago, Chile
d)
Los Angeles, California
19.
shows continents, distorts oceans 
a)
Lambert 
b)
Mercator
c)
Robinson
d)
Goode's Homolosine 
20.
shows direction, distorts size 
a)
Lambert 
b)
Mercator
c)
Robinson
d)
Goode's Homolosine 
21.
shows polar zones, distorts everything else
a)
Lambert 
b)
Mercator
c)
Robinson
d)
Goode's Homolosine 
22.
balanced distortion of size and shape
a)
Lambert 
b)
Mercator
c)
Robinson
d)
Goode's Homolosine 
23.
How many times larger is Africa than Greenland?
a)
3x
b)
14x
c)
5x
d)
24x
24.
It is winter in Hershey, PA. What season is it in Paris, France?
a)
Summer 
b)
Fall
c)
Winter
d)
Spring
25.
It is summer in Hershey, Pa. What season is it in Cape Town, South Africa? 
a)
Summer 
b)
Fall 
c)
Winter 
d)
Spring 
26.
It is fall in Hershey, Pa. What season is it in Quebec City, Canada? 
a)
Summer 
b)
Fall
c)
Winter 
d)
Spring 
27.
Lines of latitude run...
a)
east and west
b)
north and south
28.
Lines of latitude measure...
a)
east and west
b)
north and south
29.
Lines of longitude measure...
a)
east and west
b)
north and south
30.
Lines of longitude run...
a)
east and west
b)
north and south