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Basic Map Skills

Total questions: 37

Worksheet time: 19mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
What continent is represented by number 1?
a)
Antarctica
b)
Australia
c)
North America
d)
South America
2.
What continent is represented by number 2?
a)
Antarctica
b)
Australia
c)
North America
d)
South America
3.
What continent is represented by number 3?
a)
Antarctica
b)
Australia
c)
North America
d)
South America
4.
What continent is represented by number 4?
a)
Antarctica
b)
Europe
c)
North America
d)
Asia
5.
What continent is represented by number 5?
a)
Antarctica
b)
Europe
c)
Africa
d)
Asia
6.
What continent is represented by number 6?
a)
Antarctica
b)
Europe
c)
Africa
d)
Asia
7.
What continent is represented by number 7?
a)
Antarctica
b)
Australia
c)
Africa
d)
Asia
8.
Which ocean is represented by number 1?
a)
Indian Ocean
b)
Arctic Ocean
c)
Atlantic Ocean
d)
Pacific Ocean
9.
Which ocean is represented by number 2?
a)
Indian Ocean
b)
Arctic Ocean
c)
Atlantic Ocean
d)
Pacific Ocean
10.
Which ocean is represented by number 3?
a)
Indian Ocean
b)
Arctic Ocean
c)
Atlantic Ocean
d)
Pacific Ocean
11.
Which ocean is represented by number 4?
a)
Indian Ocean
b)
Arctic Ocean
c)
Atlantic Ocean
d)
Pacific Ocean
12.
This is a map.
a)
true
b)
false
13.
This is a globe.
a)
true
b)
false
14.
This is a globe.
a)
true
b)
false
15.
This is a map.
a)
true
b)
false
16.

A compass rose shows the:

a)

wind speeds

b)

wind directions

c)

cardinal directions

d)

analog time

17.
What does the map legend or key show?
a)
the cardinal directions
b)
the analog time
c)
what places look like from above
d)
shapes and symbols on a map and what they mean
18.
What is represented by letter A?
a)
Rocky Mountains
b)
Appalachian Mountains
c)
Mississippi River
d)
James River
19.
What is represented by letter B?
a)
Rocky Mountains
b)
Rio Grande River
c)
Mississippi River
d)
James River
20.
What is represented by letter C?
a)
Rocky Mountains
b)
Rio Grande River
c)
Mississippi River
d)
James River
21.
What is represented by letter D?
a)
Great Lakes
b)
Rio Grande River
c)
Mississippi River
d)
James River
22.
What is represented by letter E?
a)
Great Lakes
b)
Rio Grande River
c)
Rocky Mountains
d)
Appalachian Mountains
23.
What is represented by letter F?
a)
Great Lakes
b)
Rio Grande River
c)
Rocky Mountains
d)
Appalachian Mountains
24.

What does the red line represent on this map?

a)

a globe

b)

the prime meridian

c)

the equator

d)

continents

25.

On which numbered continent would you find the Powhatan, Lakota, and Pueblo?

a)

1

b)

2

c)

3

d)

4

26.

On which numbered continent would you find the Mississippi River?

a)

1

b)

2

c)

4

d)

5

27.

A globe is rectangular.

a)

true

b)

false

28.

A map is spherical.

a)

true

b)

false

29.

This is a map of the United States. What state is colored pink?

a)

Virginia

b)

West Virginia

c)

Virginia Beach

30.

On this map, which symbol represents the state capitol, Richmond?

a)

red star

b)

yellow star with circle

c)

blue squiggly line

d)

blue 1

e)

blue 2

31.

On this map, which symbol represents the United States capitol, Washington, DC?

a)

red star

b)

yellow star with circle

c)

blue squiggly line

d)

blue 1

e)

blue 2

32.

On this map, which symbol represents the James River?

a)

red star

b)

yellow star with circle

c)

blue squiggly line

d)

blue 1

e)

blue 2

33.

On this map, which symbol represents the Chesapeake Bay?

a)

red star

b)

yellow star with circle

c)

blue squiggly line

d)

blue 1

e)

blue 2

34.

On this map, which symbol represents the Atlantic Ocean?

a)

red star

b)

yellow star with circle

c)

blue squiggly line

d)

blue 1

e)

blue 2

35.

What is the name of this imaginary red line?

a)

the prime meridian

b)

the equator

c)

compass rose

d)

a globe

36.

What is the name of the longest river in the United States?

a)

the Amazon River

b)

the Nile River

c)

the Mississippi River

d)

the James River

37.

What great river runs through Virginia?

a)

the Mississippi River

b)

the Amazon River

c)

the Nile River

d)

the James River