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Geography Skills

Total questions: 24

Worksheet time: 12mins

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Class
Date
1.

The imaginary line that divides the Earth into northern and southern hemispheres is called...

a)

Climate Zones

b)

Prime Meridian

c)

Equator

d)

Valley

2.

What is the imaginary line that divides the eastern and western hemispheres called?

a)

Equator

b)

Prime Meridian

c)

Compass Rose

d)

International Date Line

3.

What is the measure of distance east and west of the Prime Meridian?

a)

Parallels

b)

Longitude

c)

Latitude

d)

Africa

4.

What is the measure of of distance north and south of the equator on a map?

a)

Latitude

b)

Longitude

c)

International Date Line

d)

Asia

5.

All of these are Cardinal Directions except

a)

North

b)

Northwest

c)

South

d)

East

6.

What is the symbol used in maps to indicate direction?

a)

Coordinates

b)

Map Scale

c)

Key

d)

Compass Rose

7.

Which continent is located at 40oN, 100oW?

a)

South America

b)

Asia

c)

North America

d)

Africa

8.

The 0 degree line of longitude

a)

equator

b)

prime meridian

c)

bisection line

d)

hemispheric navigator

9.
The 0 degree line of latitude
a)
prime meredian
b)
equator
c)
hemisphere
d)
symbols
10.
Imaginary lines that run north and south meeting at the pole but measure in degrees east and west
a)
latitude
b)
parallels
c)
longitude
d)
primes
11.

Represents an item on a map

a)

symbols

b)

icons

c)

point of interest

d)

hot spot

12.

What is half of the Earth?

a)

piece

b)

half circle

c)

slice

d)

hemisphere

13.

Which type of map shows the borders between countries?

a)

physical

b)

political

c)

population

d)

elevation

14.

North, South, East, and West are which kind of directions?

a)

Intermediate

b)

Normal

c)

Cardinal

d)

Basic

15.

What is another name for a map key?

a)

graph

b)

ruler

c)

legend

d)

scale

16.
Northeast, Southeast, Northwest, Southwest
a)
Intermediate Directions
b)
Cardinal Directions
c)
Airlines
d)
Robin Directions
17.
The part of the map that displays the symbols used within the map
a)
tale
b)
scale
c)
key
d)
guide
18.

A 3-D model of the earth is a

a)

map

b)

globe

c)

ball

19.

A flat model of the earth is a

a)

map

b)

globe

c)

paper

20.

True or False

The earth is divided into ONLY 2 hemispheres.

a)

True

b)

False

21.

True or False

A continent can be found in more than one hemisphere.

a)

True

b)

False

22.

Which state is at 40N and 90W?

a)

IL

b)

IN

c)

MO

d)

IA

23.

Which state is at 40N and 110W?

a)

NV

b)

UT

c)

CO

d)

AZ

24.

Which state is at 30N and 100W?

a)

AZ

b)

LA

c)

UT

d)

TX