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Geography Basics: map reading

Total questions: 42

Worksheet time: 24mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is the center line of longitude?

a)

Equator

b)

Prime meridian

c)

Longitude

d)

latitude

2.

What is the center line of Latitude

a)

Prime meridian

b)

Meridians

c)

Latitude

d)

Equator

3.

The main directions on a compass rose are ....

a)

intermediate directions

b)

cardinal directions

c)

general directions

d)

directions

4.

What is half of a sphere?

a)

part sphere

b)

half sphere

c)

Hemisphere

d)

Sphere and half

5.

What shows what a map is all about?

a)

Map title

b)

Map scale

c)

Legend or key

d)

Compass rose

6.

What is the name of the imaginary lines that run from east to west on the map of the world?

a)

Long lines

b)

Flat lines

c)

Latitude lines

d)

Longitude lines

7.

The point where Latitude and Longitude lines meet is our ____

a)

Location

b)

Absolute location

c)

Coordinates

d)

point

8.

arrangement of people, places, or things across a specific space

a)

grid

b)

pattern

c)

map

d)

location

9.

skills for reading and interpreting maps

a)

map

b)

grid

c)

location

d)

map skills

10.

horizontal and vertical lines used to locate objects in relation to one another on a map

a)

grid

b)

map

c)

map skills

d)

pattern

11.

symbolic representation of selected characteristics of a place, usually drawn on a flat surface

a)

globe

b)

map grid

c)

map

d)

map skills

12.
What is the approximate location of letter B?
a)
80oN, 0o
b)
0o, 80oW
c)
80oS, 0o
d)
0o, 80oE
13.
Which letter would you find at 15oS, 60oW?
a)
A
b)
C
c)
L
d)
H
14.
What is this object known as?
a)
map symbol
b)
map key
c)
map scale
d)
compass rose
15.
Name Continent C!
a)
Antarctica
b)
Europe
c)
Asia
d)
North America
16.
Name Ocean #1!
a)
Indian
b)
Pacific
c)
Atlantic
d)
Southern
17.
Which continent is touched by the Prime Meridian?
a)
North America
b)
Africa
c)
Australia
18.
What is the latitude of New Orleans?
a)
90*W
b)
30*N
c)
30*W
d)
90*E
19.
A _______________ is exactly half of the earth.
a)
Equator
b)
Hemisphere
c)
Tropic of Cancer
d)
Arctic Circle
20.
What direction is indicated by the number 5?
a)
northeast
b)
northwest
c)
southeast
d)
southwest
21.
What kind of map is this?
a)
Continental
b)
Political
c)
Flat
d)
Globe
22.

There are three countries in North America. What are their names?

a)

Oklahoma, Kansas, Mexico

b)

Oklahoma, Texas, Ireland

c)

Mexico, Canada, United States

d)

Canada, Mexico, Oklahoma

23.

The top of a map usually shows which direction.

a)

North

b)

South

c)

East

d)

West

24.

What are some of the items that might be found on a map key?

a)

symbol for the capital of the state

b)

parks and airports

c)

rivers and waterways

d)

All of the above

25.

N,S,E,W are called..?

a)

cardinal directions

b)

minor directions

c)

simple directions

d)

none of the above

26.

Mexico is ___________ of USA?

a)

north

b)

south

c)

east

d)

west

27.

Canada is ___________ of the USA.

a)

north

b)

south

c)

east

d)

west

28.

What is this map showing?

a)

counties

b)

regions

c)

provinces

d)

parks

29.

What is this map showing?

a)

counties

b)

regions

c)

provinces

d)

parks

30.

What is this map showing?

a)

counties

b)

regions

c)

provinces

d)

parks

31.

What is this map telling people?

a)

There is fire danger

b)

There is a tornado

c)

There is a thunder storm

d)

There are heavy winds

32.

According to the map, which city is the furthest south?

a)

Las Cruces

b)

Carlsbad

c)

Farmington

d)

Clovis

33.

According to the map, which city is in Sandoval county?

a)

Bernalillo

b)

Los Alamos

c)

Albuquerque

d)

Santa Fe

34.
What  are these lines known as ?
a)
latitude
b)
relative location
c)
longitude
d)
absolute location
35.
What are these lines known as?
a)
latitude
b)
longitude
c)
relative location
d)
absolute location
36.
An object or picture that represents something else
a)
map key
b)
symbol
c)
map scale
d)
compass rose
37.
Intermediate directions
a)
N, E, S, W
b)
NE, SE, NW, SW
38.
Compares a distance on the map to a distance in the real world
a)
map key
b)
compass rose
c)
map scale
d)
symbol
39.
Explains symbols used on the map
a)
map key
b)
map scale
c)
symbol
d)
latitude
40.
This type of map shows cities, states, and countries
a)
physical map
b)
political map
c)
historical map
41.
This type of map shows kinds of land and bodies of water
a)
Physical map
b)
political map
c)
historical map
42.
This type of map shows parts of the world as they were in the past
a)
historical map
b)
political map
c)
physical map

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