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Unit 2 Review: Tools of Geography

Total questions: 24

Worksheet time: 16mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
A map showing mountains, rivers, oceans, elevation is what type of map?
a)
Political
b)
Physical
c)
Thematic
d)
Nothing
2.
A map showing boundaries of countries is what type of map?
a)
Political
b)
Physical
c)
Thematic
d)
Nothing
3.
A map showing the climate zones of North America is which type of map?
a)
Political
b)
Physical
c)
Thematic
d)
Nothing
4.
What map would you use if you wanted to find the natural resources in an area?
a)
Political
b)
Physical
c)
Thematic
d)
Nothing
5.
What map would you use to find the capital of Texas?
a)
Political
b)
Physical
c)
Thematic
d)
Nothing
6.
What type of map would you use if you wanted to find the countries bordering Egypt?
a)
Political
b)
Physical
c)
Thematic
d)
Nothing
7.
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
8.
What type of map would you use to see the population density of a region?
a)
Political
b)
Physical
c)
Thematic
d)
Nothing
9.
What map would you use to see flight patterns of planes over the United States?
a)
Political
b)
Physical 
c)
Thematic
d)
Nothing
10.
What type of map is this?
a)
Physical
b)
Political
11.
What type of map is this?
a)
Physical
b)
Political
12.
What type of map is this?
a)
Physical
b)
Political
13.
The 0 degree line of latitude is the ___________.
a)
Equator
b)
Prime Meridian
c)
International Date Line
d)
Contour line
14.
What is the name of the line at zero degrees longitude?
a)
Equator
b)
Prime Meridian
c)
North Pole
d)
South Pole
15.
a)
The map show the lines of longitude.
b)
The map shows the lines of latitude.
16.
a)
The map shows lines of longitude.
b)
The map shows lines of latitude.
17.
Lines of Longitude measure how far from the _______ a place is located.
a)
Equator
b)
International Date Line
c)
Prime Meridian
d)
Tropic of Cancer
18.
A way of representing the spherical Earth on a flat surface.
a)
Map Projection
b)
Distortion
19.
The change in shape, size, or location of a place when shown on a map.
a)
Map Projection
b)
Distortion
20.

A map that uses Contour Lines to represent elevation is what kind of map?

a)

Political Map

b)

Topographic Map

c)

Road Map

d)

Physical Map

21.

The Mercator projection shows accurate continent shape but distorts

a)

Location

b)

Size

c)

The equator

d)

Trajectory

22.

When writing Latitude and Longitude coordinates, you write ________ first.

a)

Latitude

b)

Longitude

c)

The Equator

23.

Latitude coordinates are written with cardinal directions that express the relationship of the coordinate to the equator. Thus, LATITUDE coordinates are always followed by ____ or ____.

a)

N or S

b)

E or W

24.

Longitude coordinates are written with cardinal directions that express the relationship of the coordinate to the prime meridian. Thus, LONGITUDE coordinates are always followed by ____ or ____.

a)

N or S

b)

E or W