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It's all about Maps

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What type of map is it that shows the boundaries of countries?

a)

Physical

b)

Political

c)

Thematic

d)

none of the above

2.

It is a type of map that dynamically changes showing weather updates.

a)

Elevation

b)

Topographic

c)

Physical

d)

Climatic

3.

What map are you going to use if you are a Grab driver?

a)

Thematic

b)

Road

c)

Political

d)

Weather

4.

What map is it that hikers or climbers use to know the height of a specific mountain?

a)

Population

b)

Elevation

c)

Physical

d)

Thematic

5.

What type of map is it that represents specific resources of particular places or countries?

a)

Physical

b)

Political

c)

Topographic

d)

Thematic

6.

Which feature of map is stated on this picture?

a)

Legend

b)

Key

c)

Symbols

d)

All of the Above

7.

To which specific direction is Antartica located on the map?

a)

North

b)

South

c)

East

d)

West

8.

In representing HEIGHT on maps, the darkest color indicates the highest peak. Which color is it?

a)

green

b)

yellow

c)

brown

d)

blue

9.

The exact height of a specific place above the ground may be represented by a BLUE triangle with a dot at the middle. It is called ______

a)

Triangulation Pillar

b)

Spot Heights

c)

Contour Lines

d)

Layer Colouring

10.

It is a piece of paper showing a 2 dimensional representation of different places.

a)

Globe

b)

Map

c)

Compass

d)

Globe and Map

11.

What do we call a person who studies cartography and mainly draws map.

a)

Navigator

b)

Cartographer

c)

Illustrator

d)

Cartoonist

12.

It is a feature of a map that refers to the ratio between distance of a specific place on a map and the corresponding distance on the ground.

a)

Grid References

b)

Scale

c)

Symbols

d)

Direction

13.

It is a line drawn dividing the earth into northern and southern hemispheres and constituting the parallel of latitude 0°

a)

Longitude

b)

Equator

c)

Grid References

d)

Prime Meridian

14.

Which do you think is the greatest dilemma of cartographers?

a)

How to distort maps

b)

How to create an accurate map

c)

How to show their biases on maps

d)

I have no idea

15.

Which projection was used widely for navigation purposes and had represented European countries to be bigger than those countries in the Southern area.

a)

Winkel Tripel

b)

Robinson

c)

Mercator

d)

Gall- Peters