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Geography/Map Skills

Total questions: 21

Worksheet time: 7mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is the study of the Earth?

a)

biology

b)

geography

c)

agriculture

d)

zoology

2.

The area at the top or bottom of a globe is called a ....

a)

point

b)

tip

c)

spot

d)

pole

3.

What are the largest areas of land on Earth called?

a)

mountain

b)

plain

c)

continent

d)

country

4.

What are pictures on a map called?

a)

symbols

b)

photos

c)

pixels

d)

signs

5.

Which word means a change in the shape and size of an object?

a)

stretch

b)

distortion

c)

blur

d)

shrink

6.

What is half of the Earth?

a)

piece

b)

half circle

c)

slice

d)

hemisphere

7.

What is the largest continent on Earth?

a)

Asia

b)

Africa

c)

Europe

d)

Australia

8.

What is the smallest continent?

a)

Europe

b)

South America

c)

North America

d)

Australia

9.

What does a map scale do?

a)

shows how big the map is

b)

shows how much a map weighs

c)

shows how tall a building is in real life

d)

shows how far away a place is in real life

10.

Which type of map shows the borders between countries?

a)

physical

b)

political

c)

population

d)

elevation

11.

Which type of map shows the height of the land?

a)

physical

b)

political

c)

population

d)

elevation

12.

Which type of map shows where mountains and plains are located?

a)

physical

b)

political

c)

population

d)

elevation

13.

What is the imaginary line that divides the Earth into the Western and Eastern hemispheres?

a)

longitude

b)

Tropic of Cancer

c)

equator

d)

Prime Meridian

14.

North, South, East, and West are which kind of directions?

a)

Intermediate

b)

Normal

c)

Cardinal

d)

Basic

15.

What is another name for a map key?

a)

graph

b)

ruler

c)

legend

d)

scale

16.

Which part of a map helps orient direction?

a)

legend

b)

compass rose

c)

title

d)

scale

17.

What kind of line is the equator?

a)

Latitude

b)

Longitude

c)

Straight

d)

Hot

18.

What is another name for lines of latitude?

a)

meridians

b)

curves

c)

circles

d)

parallels

19.

Which direction do lines of longitude run?

a)

North to South

b)

East to West

c)

Left to Right

d)

Around and Around

20.

What is another name for lines of longitude?

a)

Meridians

b)

Curves

c)

Circles

d)

Parallels

21.

Which line is just slightly north of the equator?

a)

Prime Meridian

b)

Tropic of Capricorn

c)

Tropic of Cancer

d)

North Pole