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Map Skills Test

Total questions: 36

Worksheet time: 1hrs 12mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
How many oceans does Earth have? 
a)
2
b)
3
c)
4
d)
5
2.
Where would you find the symbol that indicates which city on the map is the capital city?
a)
map scale
b)
map legend
c)
map elevation
d)
map title
3.
What is the name of this line at 0 degrees latitude?
a)
Prime Meridian
b)
Equator
c)
North Pole
d)
South Pole
4.
What is the name of the line at zero degrees longitude?
a)
Equator
b)
Prime Meridian
c)
North Pole
d)
South Pole
5.
North, South, East and West are referred to as the _________directions.
a)
raven
b)
bluejay
c)
cardinal
d)
robin
6.
If I'm standing at the picnic area, what direction do I need to walk in to get to the soccer field?
a)
East
b)
North
c)
South
d)
West
7.
What part of the map contains symbols?
a)
Key/Legend
b)
Scale
c)
Symbols
d)
Colors
8.
What part of the map is this?
a)
Key
b)
Legend
c)
Scale
d)
Symbols
9.

imaginary lines on a map that run east and west (horizontal)

a)

Latitude

b)

Longitude

10.

imaginary lines on a map that run up and down (vertical)

a)

Latitude

b)

Longitude

11.

What is the map scale used to figure out?

a)

the number of countries shown on the map

b)

Which direction is north, south, east and west

c)

The real distance between places on the map

d)

What the map symbols mean

12.

If you wanted to know the symbol for “river,” where on the map would you look?

a)

The scale

b)

The compass rose

c)

The borders

d)

The legend

13.
What is the continent that is blue?
a)
Africa
b)
Australia
c)
Antarctica
d)
Asia
14.
What is the continent that is light green?
a)
North America
b)
South America
c)
Africa
d)
Australia
15.

What is the continent that is dark green?

a)

North America

b)

South America

c)

Africa

d)

Australia

16.

What is the continent that is yellow?

a)

North America

b)

South America

c)

Africa

d)

Australia

17.

What is the continent that is red?

a)

Europe

b)

South America

c)

Africa

d)

Australia

18.

What is the continent that is orange?

a)

Europe

b)

South America

c)

Africa

d)

Asia

19.

What is the continent that is pink?

a)

Europe

b)

South America

c)

Australia

d)

Asia

20.
 A __________ is used to identify the direction of north, south, east, and west.
a)
Compass Rose
b)
Map Scale
c)
Latitude Lines
d)
Longitude Lines
21.

What is geography?

a)

the study of living things

b)

the study of plants

c)

the study of Earth and Earth's surfaces

d)

the study of Earth's features

22.

A large land mass is a called a

a)

country

b)

continent

c)

state

d)

equator

23.
Which ocean is marked by the star?
a)
Atlantic
b)
Arctic
c)
Southern
d)
Indian
24.
Which ocean is marked by the star?
a)
Indian
b)
Pacific
c)
Atlantic
d)
Southern
25.
Which ocean is marked by the star?
a)
Arctic
b)
Pacific
c)
Atlantic
d)
Indian
26.
Which ocean is marked by the star?
a)
Southern
b)
Indian
c)
Arctic
d)
Atlantic
27.
Which ocean is marked by the star?
a)
Pacific
b)
Indian
c)
Atlantic
d)
Arctic
28.

What are the cardinal directions?

a)

North, Northeast, south, west

b)

West, North, South, East

c)

Southeast, Southwest, North, Northwest

29.

What are the intermediate directions?

a)

North, South, east, west

b)

West, northeast, north, south

c)

south, southwest, west, east

d)

northeast, northwest, southeast, southwest

30.
A person who draws or produces maps is a?
a)
Cartographer
b)
Economist
c)
Meteorologist
d)
Physician
31.
The museum is ______________ of the school.
a)
Northeast
b)
South
c)
West
d)
Southwest
32.

Which direction would you travel to go from Arizona to Colorado?

a)

Northeast

b)

Northwest

c)

Southeast

d)

Southwest

33.

Which direction would you travel to go from Texas to Idaho?

a)

Northeast

b)

Southeast

c)

Northwest

d)

Southwest

34.

According to the map, which state is south of Michigan?

a)

North Dakota

b)

Indiana

c)

Wisconsin

d)

Kansas

35.

According to the map, which state is west of Nevada?

a)

Utah

b)

California

c)

Idaho

d)

Arizona

36.

According to the map, Michigan is _________ of Wisconsin.

a)

North

b)

South

c)

East

d)

West

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