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Total questions: 112

Worksheet time: 3hrs 46mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What are contour lines ?

a)

They show the names of places

b)

They show the height and shape of the land.

c)

They show footpaths

d)

They show the height above sea level usually measured in metres

2.

How do we find the height of a hill?

a)

We find the number next to the contour line

b)

We measure the contour line with a ruler

c)

We make a wild guess

d)

We look at the map key

3.

What is elevation another word for?

a)

River

b)

The height of a hill

c)

A valley

d)

A waterfall

4.

Where do we measure the height of the land from?

a)

The nearest part of flat land

b)

The centre of the earth

c)

Sea level

d)

The top of a hill

5.

What is the name of this object?

a)

map symbol

b)

map key

c)

map scale

d)

compass rose

6.

What map feature can help you determine the approximate distance between two locations?

a)

map scale

b)

key

c)

title

d)

distance calculator

7.

A flat drawing that shows all or part of the Earth's surface

a)

latitude

b)

globe

c)

map

8.

a map feature that explains the meaning of colors and symbols used on a map

a)

map conents

b)

map glossary

c)

Map key

d)

map index

9.

which of the following helps you identify what symbols mean on a map?

a)

legend

b)

scale

c)

map

d)

title

10.
What kind of map will show me the states in the United States?
a)
Physical
b)
Climate
c)
Economic/Product or Resource
d)
Political
11.
One characteristic of a Physical Map is... 
a)
Shows the different climates in the world
b)
show important natural, physical features, such as mountains, elevations, rivers, vegetation, forests and lakes.
c)
show how people have divided up the earth's surface
d)
show how many people live in an area
12.
True or False: A physical map will show you the boundaries of all of the states in The United States.
a)
True
b)
False
13.
What are the features on a Political map?
a)
Political units, countries, states, and borders
b)
Road maps, highway maps, weather/climate maps, and historical maps
c)
Physical/natural features, mountains, rivers, and valleys
14.
Longitude lines run from north to south.
a)
True
b)
False
15.
Latitude lines go from east to west.
a)
True
b)
False
16.
Which important line of latitude is located at 0 degrees?
a)
Equator
b)
Prime Meridian
c)
Tropic of Capricorn
d)
Tropic of Cancer
17.
What are the four MAIN directions on the Compass Rose?
a)
North, South, East, and West
b)
Northeast, Southeast, Northwest, Southwest
18.
What city is located at about 39 degrees North latitude and 108 degrees West longitude?
a)
Durango
b)
Delta
c)
Boulder
d)
Denver
19.
What city is located at 40 degrees North latitude and about 105 degrees West longitude?
a)
Colorado Springs
b)
Boulder
c)
Denver
d)
Durango
20.

Location D is located at which coordinates?

a)

30oN, 90oW

b)

90oN, 30oW

c)

10oN, 40oW

d)

30oN, 90oE

21.

Location H is located at which coordinates?

a)

60oN, 120oE

b)

90oN, 30oE

c)

10oS, 40oW

d)

30oN, 90oE

22.
North and South America are in what hemisphere?
a)
Northern
b)
Southern
c)
Western
d)
Eastern
23.
Europe, Asia and North America are in what hemisphere?
a)
Northern
b)
Southern
c)
Western
d)
Eastern
24.
What is the name of the line at zero degrees longitude?
a)
Equator
b)
Prime Meridian
c)
North Pole
d)
South Pole
25.

What separates the Northern and Southern hemispheres?

a)

Prime Meridian

b)

Line 180

c)

Equator

d)

Tropic of Capricorn

26.

What separates the Eastern and Western hemispheres?

a)

Prime Meridian

b)

Line 180

c)

Equator

d)

Tropic of Capricorn

27.

What divides a globe into Northern and Southern Hemispheres?

a)

Equator

b)

a line of longitude

c)

Prime Meridian

d)

International Date Line

28.

What divides a globe into Eastern and Western Hemispheres?

a)

a line of latitude

b)

equator

c)

Prime Meridian

d)

Tropic of Capricorn

29.

Which is the correct name for the vertical line that separates the Eastern and Western hemispheres:

a)

Prime Minister

b)

Prime Meridian

c)

Prime Median

d)

Prime Rib

30.

Where is Virginia (in the United States of America) located:

a)

Western Hemisphere

b)

Eastern Hemisphere

c)

Northern Hemisphere

d)

Southern Hemisphere

31.

Which is the correct name for the horizontal line that separates the Northern and Southern hemispheres:

a)

Equivalent

b)

Waistline

c)

Equator

d)

Equalizer

32.

The United States of America is in which two hemispheres?

a)

North and West

b)

South and East

c)

North and South

d)

East and South

33.

The equator divides what two hemispheres?

a)

East and West

b)

North and South

34.
How many time zones are in the U.S. altogether?
a)
4
b)
8
c)
6
d)
7
35.
As you travel from west to east, does it get later or earlier?
a)
Earlier
b)
Later
36.
What time zone would California be in?
a)
Pacific Time
b)
Mountain Time
c)
Central Time
d)
Eastern Time
37.
What time zone would Colorado be in?
a)
Pacific Time
b)
Mountain Time
c)
Central Time
d)
Eastern Time
38.
What time zone would Illinois be in?
a)
Pacific Time
b)
Mountain Time
c)
Eastern Time
d)
Central Time
39.
What time zone would Alaska be in?
a)
Eastern Time
b)
Pacific Time
c)
Alaskan Time
d)
Central Time
40.
If it is 5:00 pm in Miami, Florida, what time is it in Denver, Colorado? 
a)
3:00pm
b)
8:00pm
c)
4:00pm
d)
6:00am
41.
The new t.v. show is coming on at 7 p.m. Eastern Standard Time. What time will it be on at my friends house who lives in Central Standard Time?
a)
6 p.m.
b)
8 p.m.
c)
5 p.m.
d)
4 p.m.
42.
Name the time zones in all 50 states
a)
Pacific, Central, Mountain, Eastern
b)
Eastern, Pacific, Mountain, Central, Hawaii, Alaska
c)
Eastern, Pacific, Central, Mountain, Standard
43.

This map is a...

a)

physical map

b)

road map

c)

political map

d)

thematic map

44.
A map showing mountains, rivers, oceans, elevation is what type of map?
a)
Political
b)
Physical
c)
Thematic
d)
Nothing
45.
A map showing boundaries of countries is what type of map?
a)
Political
b)
Physical
c)
Thematic
d)
Nothing
46.

_______ are used on maps as a tool for measuring distance.

a)

symbols

b)

labels

c)

keys

d)

scales

47.

This map is an example of a . . .

a)

Geologic Map

b)

3D Map

c)

Projection Map

d)

Topographic Map

48.

What is the contour interval of this map?

a)

100 ft

b)

500 ft

c)

1000 ft

d)

15000 ft

49.

What type of map would be most helpful if you were looking for a steep trail to hike?

a)

Geologic Map

b)

Projection Map

c)

3D Map

d)

Topographic Map

50.

What type of map would be useful to find an area where a geologist would be able to drill to find oil?

a)

Geologic Map

b)

Projection Map

c)

Topographic map

d)

3D Map

51.

What type of map is this an example of?

a)

Geologic Map

b)

Projection Map

c)

Topographic Map

d)

3D Map

52.

What is the contour interval of this map?

a)

10

b)

20

c)

30

d)

40

53.

If sea level always equals (0), and the contour interval is 10 feet how tall is this mountain?

a)

30 ft

b)

40 ft

c)

50 ft

d)

60 ft

54.

What is the contour interval on this map?

a)

10

b)

50

c)

100

d)

500

55.
Mountains are formed when _________ push together.
a)
hills
b)
tectonic plates
c)
valleys
d)
canyons
56.
the breaking up and moving of weathered rocks from one place to another
a)
erosion
b)
soil
c)
magma
57.
a large mass of slow-moving ice
a)
lava
b)
soil
c)
glacier
58.
Which of the following landforms is the result of a river carving out land by erosion?
a)
A. Canyon
b)
B. Sand dune
c)
C. Delta
d)
D. Mountain
59.
What process created this cool rock?
a)
A volcanic eruption
b)
A flood
c)
Wind
d)
Water
60.
What process created this V-shaped valley?
a)
Erosion due to a river
b)
Erosion due to a glacier
c)
Weathering due to a river
d)
Weathering due to wind
61.
The process of breaking up rocks on Earth's surface is called...
a)
sediment
b)
erosion
c)
weathering
d)
deposition 
62.
The type of formation shown is at the southern end of the Mississippi river. What is it called?
a)
coastal erosion
b)
a delta
c)
a loess
d)
sand dunes
63.
wind erosion forms what type of landform?
a)
meander
b)
drumlin
c)
sand dune
d)
sand bar
64.
What is sediment?
a)
the process of rocks being broken down and carried away
b)
bits of rock, sand, and silt caused by the weathering of rocks
c)
the top layer of the soil
d)
decaying plant or animal material 
65.
Rain washing away soil from a hillside
a)
Weathering
b)
Erosion
c)
Deposition
66.
What forces change the earth's surface?
a)
Rain, ice, wind
b)
lightening, thunder, wind
c)
Ice, water, wind
d)
thunder, glaciers, water
67.
A triangle-shaped (deposit) landform at the mouth of a river as it empties into a body of water:
a)
weather
b)
delta
c)
landform
68.
What natural force formed the Grand Canyon millions of years ago?
a)
a landslide
b)
an earthquake
c)
a river
69.
What natural force formed the Grand Canyon millions of years ago?
a)
a landslide
b)
an earthquake
c)
a river
70.

True or false. Is an Ocean a land form?

a)

True

b)

False

71.

What is a lake?

a)

A body of water completely surrounded by land

b)

A narrow piece of land that joins two large areas of land

c)

One of Earth's Largest bodies of water

d)

Lower land between hills or mountains

72.

What is the one of the largest body of water?

a)

Sea

b)

Lake

c)

River

d)

Ocean

73.

What is a valley?

a)

A long stream of water

b)

Lower land between hills or mountains

c)

A large, flat land area

d)

Piece of land surrounded by water

74.

True or False, A house is land form

a)

True

b)

False

75.

What is a Harbor?

a)

A Large part of an ocean or a sea that lies with in a covered coast line

b)

A sheltered body of water where ships can safely anchor

c)

A row of mountains that are joined together

76.

True or False, A mountain range is a row of mountains joined together?

a)

True

b)

False

77.

what is a canyon

a)

a dig cliff

b)

a deep, narrow valley with high, steep sides

c)

a big duvet in the ground

78.

What is an island

a)

A piece of land that is surrounded by water

b)

a row of mountains joined together

c)

A large flat land area

79.

Which is a Plateau

a)
b)
c)
80.

True or false,this is an ocean

a)

true

b)

false

81.
What is the landform? 
a)
Ocean
b)
Valley
c)
Mountain
d)
River
82.
What is the landform?
a)
Ocean
b)
Mountain
c)
Valley
d)
Plain
83.
What is the landform?
a)
Ocean
b)
Mountain
c)
Valley
d)
Plain
84.
What is the body of water?
a)
Ocean 
b)
Valley
c)
Plateau
d)
River
85.
 High, uplifted area with steep slopes
a)
Mountain
b)
Valley
c)
River
d)
Dune
86.
a)
Isthmus
b)
Geyser
c)
Island
d)
Delta
87.
A  piece of land that is surrounded by water on at least three sides-
a)
valley
b)
island
c)
peninsula 
d)
mesa
88.
Mound of earth with a rounded top; smaller than a mountain.
a)
mountain
b)
hill
c)
valley
89.
A thin natural waterway that allows water to flow into a lake or ocean.
a)
river
b)
island
c)
lake
90.
A large area of flat land or gently rolling land.
a)
plain
b)
valley
c)
hill
91.

True or false. Is an Ocean a land form?

a)

True

b)

False

92.
Low land between hills or mountains.
a)
bay
b)
trench
c)
valley
93.
Hawaii is this type of landform.
a)
peninsula
b)
island
c)
bay
94.

What is a valley?

a)

A long stream of water

b)

Lower land between hills or mountains

c)

A large, flat land area

d)

Piece of land surrounded by water

95.

What land form is Indiana?

a)

Mountains

b)

Valley

c)

Plains

d)

Island

96.

_________ are tall pieces of land.

a)

a hill

b)

a cave

c)

an ocean

d)

mountains

97.

What mountain range stretches across eight states?

a)

Chimney Rock

b)

The Rockies

c)

Glassy Mountain

d)

None of these

98.

According to the magazine animals that may live on a mountain range like the Rockies are

a)

fish and geese

b)

ducks and mice

c)

mountain goats and bighorn sheep

d)

billy goats and cows

99.

This is a land form that is deep and low in the earth.

a)

volcano

b)

mountain

c)

ditch

d)

canyon

100.

We have many land forms in the United States of America?

a)

true

b)

false

c)

That's silly. We have no land forms in America.

d)

We only have two kinds of land forms in America.

101.

Large stream of fresh water that flows across the land

a)

Ocean

b)

Sea

c)

River

d)

Lake

102.

An opening in the earth, through which lava, rock, and gases are forced out

a)

Peninsula

b)

Volcano

c)

Mesa

d)

Canyon

103.

Large area of flat or gently rolling low land

a)

Plain

b)

Peninsula

c)

Plateau

d)

Isthmus

104.

large ice mass that moves slowly down a mountain or across land

a)

Strait

b)

Island

c)

Sea

d)

Glacier

105.

Low land between hills and mountains, usually made by erosion

a)

Gulf

b)

Peninsula

c)

Canyon

d)

Desert

106.

Land that has water on all sides

a)

Mountains

b)

Ithmus

c)

Strait

d)

Islands

107.

body of saltwater; larger than a sea; not separated by land

a)

Ocean

b)

Sea

c)

River

d)

Lake

108.

small body of freshwater surrounded by land on all side

a)

Ocean

b)

Sea

c)

River

d)

Lake

109.

A collection of islands usually found in the Pacific Ocean

a)

Archipelago

b)

Delta

c)

Gulf

d)

Mountain

110.

area of land surrounded by water on all but one side

a)

Plains

b)

Peninsulas

c)

Plateaus

d)

Isthmus

111.

area of flat raised land; makes up most of Africa's continent

a)

Plains

b)

Peninsula

c)

Plateau

d)

Isthmus

112.

a land form with high elevation that comes to a peak.

a)

Mountains

b)

Isthmus

c)

Strait

d)

Islands

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