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Maps & Landforms

Total questions: 12

Worksheet time: 6mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

In which hemisphere is location L found?

a)

Northern

b)

Southern

c)

Eastern

d)

African

2.

In which direction would you travel going from point H to point J?

a)

Northeast

b)

Southeast

c)

Southwest

d)

East

3.

What is the approximate longitude of point I?

a)

45°W 105°N

b)

45°S 105°W

c)

45°N 105°E

d)

45°N 105°W

4.

Time Zone boundaries are based on...

a)

lines of latitude

b)

lines of longitude

c)

the Equator

d)

lines of chronology

5.

What is one of the disadvantages of this type of map projections?

a)

Mercator maps distort land sizes near the poles

b)

Robinson maps distort land sizes near the poles

c)

Conic maps are only good for small areas

d)

Polar projections are good for plotting air traffic routes

6.

Lowland of Virginia east of the fall line are known as the Tidewater and are what type of general landform?

a)

Interior plains

b)

Plateau

c)

Coastal Plains

d)

Mountains

7.

The Appalachian mountains in the Valley and Ridge of Virginia are an example of ___ mountains formed when great earth forces pushed on the rock from either side.

a)

upwarped

b)

folded

c)

volcanic

d)

fault block

8.

The reference line for measuring latitude (0°) is the...

a)

Prime meridian

b)

International date line (IDL)

c)

Equator

d)

North Pole

9.

If a plane travels along 30°N latitude from A to B, how many of degrees of longitude does it fly through?

a)

120°

b)

60°

c)

90°

d)

180°

10.

The best model of the Earth is...

a)

a Mercator projection map

b)

a Conic projection map

c)

a Polar projection map

d)

a Globe

11.

Which profile is the best representation of the topography from St. Paul’s Church straight west to Rt. 603?

a)
b)
c)
d)
12.

What is a contour interval?

a)

the distance between lines

b)

the change in elevation between two adjacent contour lines

c)

the change in elevation between two adjacent index contour lines

d)

a comedy team that tells tall tales