WorksheetsGeography
Total questions: 41
Worksheet time: 29mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
The 0 degree line of latitude is the ___________.
a)
Equator
b)
Prime Meridian
c)
International Date Line
d)
Contour line
2.
What is the name of this line at 0 degrees latitude?
a)
Prime Meridian
b)
Equator
c)
North Pole
d)
South Pole
3.
What is the name of the line at zero degrees longitude?
a)
Equator
b)
Prime Meridian
c)
North Pole
d)
South Pole
4.
a)
The map show the lines of longitude.
b)
The map shows the lines of latitude.
5.
a)
The map shows lines of longitude.
b)
The map shows lines of latitude.
6.
Latitude lines on a globe are labeled-
a)
north & south
b)
east & west
c)
north & east
d)
south & west
7.
_______ lines on a globe run from east to west.
a)
North Pole
b)
South Pole
c)
Latitude
d)
Longitude
8.
Which continent is located completely north of the Equator and west of the Prime Meridian?
a)
Asia
b)
Europe
c)
North America
d)
South America
9.
Which continent is completely south of the Equator and east of the Prime Meridian?
a)
Antartica
b)
South America
c)
North America
d)
Australia
10.
To locate a place on the earth, you need to look at...
a)
where the lines of latitude and longitude meet
b)
the lines of latitude only
c)
the lines of longitude only
d)
the compass rose
11.
What hemisphere is North America in?
a)
Southern
b)
North West
c)
Western
d)
Eastern
12.
What hemisphere is Europe in?
a)
Eastern
b)
Western
c)
Southern
d)
North,East, West
13.
On a globe, or map, the Equator is:
a)
The Horizontal, center line
b)
The Vertical, center line
c)
30 degree line
d)
The North Pole
14.
To locate the exact places on Earth, one must look at:
a)
latitude lines only
b)
the intersecting lines of latitude and longitude
c)
longitude lines only
d)
a neighboring area to describe the location
15.
What are latitude and longitude lines?
a)
Imaginary lines that divide the Earth
b)
Visible lines that divide the Earth
c)
Long and short lines that divide the Earth
16.
What is the main line of latitude?
a)
The prime meridian
b)
The Tropic of Cappricorn
c)
The Equator
d)
The prime meridian
17.
Where is the Equator located?
a)
10 degrees
b)
12 degrees
c)
180 degrees
d)
0 degrees
18.
What hemisphere is Africa in?
a)
Northern, Southern and Eastern
b)
Southern
c)
Eastern and Western
d)
Eastern
19.
What hemisphere is South America in?
a)
Northern, Southern and Western
b)
Northern
c)
Eastern
d)
Western
20.
What is this object known as?
a)
map symbol
b)
map key
c)
map scale
d)
compass rose
21.
An area of the side of a map that specifies certain symbols.
a)
Antarctica
b)
Thematic Map
c)
Compass Rose
d)
Map Key
22.
Coordinates are-
a)
a degree only
b)
a cardinal direction only
c)
two degrees only
d)
two sets of degrees and cardinal directions
23.
What is the reason why latitude lines NEVER intersect?
a)
They converge at the poles
b)
They are cool
c)
They are vertical lines
d)
They are parallel
24.
What is absolute location?
a)
Your exact location, like your address or coordinates
b)
A location that is close to or relative to another place
c)
I don't know
d)
Hello
25.
When reading coordinates what do you read first?
a)
The numbers
b)
Longitude
c)
Latitude
d)
The degrees
26.
30* 20" North Latitude and 81* 40' West Longitude is an expression of
a)
absolute location
b)
compass rose
c)
elevation
d)
relative location
27.
Major cities and capital cities noted on map
a)
Physical Map
b)
Political Map
28.
Shows physical features of the land
a)
Physical Map
b)
Political Map
29.
This type of map shows landforms and bodies of water.
a)
Physical Map
b)
Political Map
30.
This map shows borders and boundaries.
a)
Physical Map
b)
Political Map
31.
These maps may include tourist sites or stores.
a)
Physical Map
b)
Political Map
32.
These maps are always flat.
a)
Physical Map
b)
Political Map
33.
These maps may show plains, mountains, and deserts.
a)
Physical Map
b)
Political Map
34.
A political map shows...........
a)
The rivers
b)
Natural features
c)
Countries
35.
This is a...
a)
political map
b)
physical map
c)
elevation map
d)
thematic map
36.
If a certain subject or theme is being focused on, you'd look on a...
a)
elevation map
b)
political map
c)
physical map
d)
thematic map
37.
What map would you use if you wanted to see the amount of rainfall in Dallas?
a)
Political
b)
Physical
c)
Thematic
d)
Nothing
38.
What type of map would you use if you wanted to find the countries bordering Egypt?
a)
Political
b)
Physical
c)
Thematic
d)
Nothing
39.
What map would you use to locate the largest body of fresh water in the world?
a)
Political
b)
Physical
c)
Thematic
d)
Nothing
40.
What map would you use if you wanted to see different types of industries in a country?
a)
Political
b)
Physical
c)
Thematic
d)
Nothing
41.
What map would you use to see flight patterns of planes over the United States?
a)
Political
b)
Physical
c)
Thematic
d)
Nothing
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