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Map skills

Total questions: 50

Worksheet time: 1hrs 16mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
What hemisphere do you live in?
a)
Canadian
b)
Northern
c)
Southern
d)
Mexican
2.
What Continent do you live on?
a)
South America
b)
Europe
c)
North America
d)
Australia
3.
The four main points of the compass North, South, East, and West.
a)
Compass Rose
b)
Cardinal Directions
c)
Intermediate Directions
d)
Map Scale
4.
This line measures 0 degrees longitude:
a)
Equator
b)
International Date Line
c)
Meridians
d)
Prime Meridian
5.
The 0 degree line of latitude is the ___________.
a)
Equator
b)
Prime Meridian
c)
International Date Line
d)
Contour line
6.
What is this object known as?
a)
map symbol
b)
map key
c)
map scale
d)
compass rose
7.
Name Continent C!
a)
Antarctica
b)
Europe
c)
Asia
d)
North America
8.
Continent F is ________.
a)
Antarctica
b)
Australia
c)
Europe
d)
North America
9.
Name Ocean #1!
a)
Indian
b)
Pacific
c)
Atlantic
d)
Southern
10.
Ocean #4 is ________.
a)
Indian
b)
Atlantic
c)
Pacific
d)
Southern
11.
What direction is indicated by the number 5?
a)
northeast
b)
northwest
c)
southeast
d)
southwest
12.
Which of the following is NOT a continent?
a)
Africa
b)
North America
c)
Germany
d)
Europe
13.

What type of map is this?

a)

Political

b)

Physical

c)

Economic Activity

14.
How many states are in the U.S.?
a)
25
b)
100
c)
50
d)
3
15.
How many continents are there?
a)
4
b)
1
c)
5
d)
7
16.
What IS NOT a part of most maps?
a)
Compass Rose
b)
Title
c)
Symbols/Key
d)
People
17.
Which direction normally is pointing to the top of the page on a map?
a)
North
b)
South
c)
East
d)
West
18.
Which direction normally is pointing to the top of the page on a map?
a)
North
b)
South
c)
East
d)
West
19.
North, South, East and West are referred to as the _________directions.
a)
raven
b)
bluejay
c)
cardinal
d)
robin
20.
North, South, East and West are referred to as the _________directions.
a)
raven
b)
bluejay
c)
cardinal
d)
robin
21.
The bank is on what street?
a)
Main
b)
Maple
c)
Lemon
d)
River
22.
The school is ____ of the pet store.
a)
North
b)
South
c)
East
d)
West
23.
Lemon street runs _____________.
a)
East and West
b)
North and South
c)
South and West
d)
North and East
24.
What are the four cardinal direction?
a)
North, South, Windy, Sunny
b)
Never Eat Slimy Worms
c)
North, South, East, West
d)
South Never Eat West
25.
What is the map element that tells what symbols on the map mean?
a)
Key/Compass
b)
Key/Legend
c)
Legend/Scale
d)
Inset/Scale
26.
Which continent is located at letter "B"?
a)
North America
b)
South America
c)
Central America
d)
African America
27.
Which continent is located at letter "G"?
a)
Asia
b)
Africa
c)
Australia
d)
Antarctica
28.
Which ocean is located at letter "K"?
a)
Atlantic
b)
Pacific
c)
Indian
d)
Arctic
29.
What is the approximate location of letter B?
a)
80oN, 0o
b)
0o, 80oW
c)
80oS, 0o
d)
0o, 80oE
30.
How many oceans does Earth have? 
a)
2
b)
3
c)
4
d)
5
31.

According to the map, if you are in Salt Lake City what direction is Provo?

a)

West

b)

East

c)

South

d)

North

32.

If you are in San Juan County, what direction is Grand County?

a)

North

b)

East

c)

South

d)

West

33.

What continent is highlighted in orange?

a)

North America

b)

Australia

c)

South America

d)

Africa

34.

What continent is highlighted in red?

a)

South America

b)

Africa

c)

Australia

d)

North America

35.
The part of the map that displays the symbols used within the map
a)
legend
b)
scale
c)
symbols
d)
compass
36.
Represents an item on a map
a)
symbols
b)
icons
c)
point of interest
d)
hot spot
37.

What are the 7 large bodies of land on earth called

a)

continents

b)

countries

38.

What is the term used for the box of symbols on this map?

a)

Map Key

b)

Map info

c)

Symbol box

39.

What is the term used for the box of symbols on this map?

a)

Map Key

b)

Map info

c)

Symbol box

40.

What is the study of the Earth?

a)

biology

b)

geography

c)

agriculture

d)

zoology

41.

What is the study of the Earth?

a)

biology

b)

geography

c)

agriculture

d)

zoology

42.

What is half of the Earth?

a)

piece

b)

half circle

c)

slice

d)

hemisphere

43.

Which type of map shows the borders between countries?

a)

physical

b)

political

c)

population

d)

elevation

44.

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

45.

What is another name for a map key?

a)

graph

b)

ruler

c)

legend

d)

scale

46.

What kind of line is the equator?

a)

Latitude

b)

Longitude

c)

Straight

d)

Hot

47.
A globe uses lines that form a grid measured in units called _____________________.
a)
Degrees
b)
Symbol
c)
Legend
d)
Hemisphere
48.
What shape is a globe?
a)
Circle
b)
Square
c)
Sphere
d)
Dot
49.
Part of the earth that is west of the prime meridian is the 
a)
southern hemisphere
b)
western hemisphere
c)
eastern hemisphere
d)
northern hemisphere
50.
In which direction would you have to travel to go from the bank to the hospital?
a)
North
b)
South
c)
East
d)
West

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