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Map Skills Review

Total questions: 33

Worksheet time: 17mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Geographers look at the world on three different levels. What are those three levels? (multi-select)

a)

regional

b)

local

c)

national

d)

global

2.

Lines of latitude are called __________.

a)

equator

b)

parallel

c)

meridian

d)

longitude

3.

Lines of longitude are called __________.

a)

meridian

b)

latitude

c)

equator

d)

parallel

4.

Latitude and longitude are measured in what?

a)

inches

b)

grams

c)

degrees

d)

feet

5.

What is the special line of latitude that is an imaginary line that runs horizontally through the center of the Earth, dividing the Northern and Southern hemispheres?

a)

equator

b)

prime meridian

c)

compass rose

d)

scale

6.

What is the special line of longitude that is an imaginary line that runs through the center of the Earth vertically dividing the Eastern and Western hemispheres?

a)

longitude

b)

latitude

c)

prime meridian

d)

equator

7.

What is the latitude and longitude of letter A?

a)

30˚N, 105˚E

b)

105˚N, 30˚E

c)

100°W, 20°N

d)

27°N,100°W

8.

What is the latitude and longitude of D?

a)

160°E, °160°W

b)

60°N, 60°E

c)

60°S, 60°W

d)

60°E, 60°N

9.

What is the latitude and longitude of letter B?

a)

20°S, 50°E

b)

20°S, 50°W

c)

20°N, 50°W

d)

50°W, 20°S

10.

A geographer that studies ___________ would study how the Grand Canyon was formed.

a)

human geography

b)

cartography

c)

meteorology

d)

physical geography

11.

Which type of tool would help geographers find their location on Earth using a GPS?

a)

map

b)

sonar

c)

satellite images

d)

globe

12.

My street address is 111 Hip Hop Lane Batesville, IN. Which form of location is this?

a)

absolute

b)

relative

c)

cardinal

13.

Which of the 5 themes includes cardinal directions, such as Southwest, Northeast, and West?

a)

movement

b)

place

c)

location

d)

region

14.

Which of the 5 themes describes how people impact the world around us?

a)

movement

b)

human-environment interaction

c)

location

d)

region

15.

Which of the 5 themes of geography is latitude and longitude?

a)

region

b)

place

c)

location

d)

physical features

16.

Capital cities on a map are marked with....

a)

a square

b)

a circle

c)

a star

17.

Lines of latitude measure any distance...

a)

north or south of the prime meridian

b)

east or west of the equator

c)

north or south of the equator

18.

Lines of longitude measure any distance...

a)

east or west of the prime meridian

b)

north or south of the equator

c)

east or west of the tropics

19.

Indiana is is what region on the map?

a)

southwest

b)

southeast

c)

midwest

d)

west

20.

Your grandma is picking you up from school and is unsure of how to get there. You tell her it is about 2 miles northwest of Oldenburg. What form of location are you using?

a)

absolute

b)

relative

c)

cardinal

21.

Which one of the options below is absolute location?

a)

Go past the Memorial Pool and turn right.

b)

201 N. Mulberry St. Batesville, IN

c)

Kroger is located 3 miles north of Greensburg

22.

Which city has the approximate coordinates of 51°N, 0°W?

a)

Berlin

b)

Moscow

c)

London

23.

Which of these can be used to determine the precise distance between two points?

a)

GIS

b)

GPS

c)

remote sensing

24.

Where does a GPS get its information from?

a)

satellites

b)

cameras

c)

sensors

25.

What type of map shows physical features of an area such as mountains, elevation, and forests?

a)

special-purpose

b)

political

c)

physical

d)

thematic

26.

What type of map shows borders for government areas, capital cities and other cities?

a)

political

b)

physical

c)

special-purpose

d)

global

27.

What is the purpose of a map scale?

a)

finding cardinal directions

b)

locating a point on Earth's surface

c)

measuring distance between two points

28.

Nicole is from Los Angeles & Colleen is from St. Paul. Nicole thinks Los Angeles is better because of the celebrities.


Which of the 5 themes is this?

a)

location

b)

movement

c)

place

d)

human-environment interaction

29.

Hazel Park Academy is north of the BP station, and about a mile from highway 94.


Which of the 5 themes is this?

a)

location

b)

place

c)

region

d)

movement

30.

Syrian refugees fleeing the Middle East into Europe and sanctuary countries around the world is an example of which of the 5 Themes of Geography?

a)

region

b)

place

c)

human-environment interaction

d)

movement

31.

What type of map is the picture above?

a)

special-purpose

b)

political

c)

physical

32.

Which type of map is the picture above?

a)

physical

b)

special-purpose

c)

political

33.

Which TWO numbers represent the Southern hemisphere?

a)

2 and 4

b)

1 and 2

c)

3 and 4

d)

1 and 3