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Maps & Globe Skills

Total questions: 34

Worksheet time: 23mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
What is the name of this line at 0 degrees latitude?
a)
Prime Meridian
b)
Equator
c)
North Pole
d)
South Pole
2.
The 0 degree line of latitude is the ___________.
a)
Equator
b)
Prime Meridian
c)
International Date Line
d)
Contour line
3.
What is the name of the line at zero degrees longitude?
a)
Equator
b)
Prime Meridian
c)
North Pole
d)
South Pole
4.
a)
The map shows the lines of longitude.
b)
The map shows the lines of latitude.
5.
_______ lines on a globe run from east to west.
a)
North Pole
b)
South Pole
c)
Latitude
d)
Longitude
6.
a)
The map shows lines of longitude.
b)
The map shows lines of latitude.
7.
What is this object known as?
a)
map symbol
b)
map key
c)
map scale
d)
compass rose
8.
Which letter would you find at 30oS, 30oE?
a)
A
b)
D
c)
K
d)
E
9.
Which continent is touched by the Prime Meridian?
a)
North America
b)
Africa
c)
Australia
10.
Which letter would you find at 15oS, 60oW?
a)
A
b)
C
c)
L
d)
H
11.
The equator divides what two hemispheres?
a)
East and West
b)
North and South 
12.
What hemisphere is North America in?
a)
Southern
b)
North West
c)
Western
d)
Eastern
13.
What hemisphere is Africa in?
a)
Northern, Southern and Eastern
b)
Southern
c)
Eastern and Western
d)
Eastern
14.
What river is highlighted red?
a)
Columbia
b)
Ohio
c)
Colorado
d)
Rio Grande
15.
What river is highlighted blue?
a)
St. Lawrence
b)
Colorado
c)
Rio Grande
d)
Columbia
16.
What river is highlighted in blue?
a)
St. Lawrence
b)
Ohio
c)
Missouri
d)
Columbia
17.
What river is highlighted red?
a)
Missouri
b)
Mississippi
c)
Ohio
d)
St. Lawrence
18.

Which river is highlighted in the picture?

a)

Colorado

b)

Mississippi

c)

Rio Grande

19.

Which river is highlighted in the picture?

a)

Hudson

b)

St. Lawrence

c)

Ohio

20.

Which river is highlighted in the picture?

a)

Hudson

b)

Mississippi

c)

Colorado

21.

Which river is highlighted in the picture?

a)

St. Lawrence

b)

Rio Grande

c)

Hudson

22.

Which river is highlighted in the picture?

a)

Mississippi

b)

St. Lawrence

c)

Ohio

23.

Which mountain range is pictured?

a)

Appalachian Mountain Range

b)

Rocky Mountain Range

24.

Which mountain range is pictured?

a)

Appalachian Mountain Range

b)

Rocky Mountain Range

25.

Which mountain range is the closest to where we live?

a)

Appalachian Mountain Range

b)

Rocky Mountain Range

26.

The Ohio River begins in this mountain range.

a)

Appalachian Mountain Range

b)

Rocky Mountain Range

27.

In which mountain range does the Colorado River and the Rio Grande River begin in?

a)

Appalachian Mountain Range

b)

Rocky Mountain Range

28.

What direction is indicated by the number 6?

a)

north

b)

east

c)

south

d)

west

29.
What direction is indicated by the number 2?
a)
north
b)
east
c)
south
d)
west
30.
What direction is indicated by the number 4?
a)
north
b)
east
c)
south
d)
west
31.
What direction is indicated by the number 7?
a)
northeast
b)
northwest
c)
southeast
d)
southwest
32.
What direction is indicated by the number 3?
a)
northeast
b)
northwest
c)
southeast
d)
southwest
33.
What direction is indicated by the number 5?
a)
northeast
b)
northwest
c)
southeast
d)
southwest
34.
What direction is indicated by the number 1?
a)
northeast
b)
northwest
c)
southeast
d)
southwest