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Map Skills

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What continent is shown in yellow?

a)

Australia

b)

North America

c)

South America

d)

Africa

2.

What continenet is shown in purple?

a)

Australia

b)

Asia

c)

Europe

d)

South America

3.

What continent is shown in Green?

a)

Egypt

b)

Africa

c)

Europe

d)

Australia

4.

What continent is shown in red?

a)

Australia

b)

Canada

c)

North America

d)

Asia

5.

What continent is shown in orange?

a)

Europe

b)

North America

c)

South America

d)

Asia

6.

What U.S. region is shown in red?

a)

Southeast

b)

Northeast

c)

Midwest

d)

Pacific Northwest

7.

What are the states shown in blue known as?

a)

Midwest States

b)

The Plains

c)

New England States

d)

Pacific Northwest

8.

What is this map element called?

a)

Legend

b)

Star Guide

c)

Cardinal Diamond

d)

Compass Rose

9.

What is the area above the equator called?

a)

Northern Hemisphere

b)

Southern Hemisphere

c)

Eastern Hemisphere

d)

Western Hemisphere

10.

What are the lines that go from north to south called?

a)

Longitude Lines

b)

Latitude Lines

c)

Prime Meridians

d)

Equators

11.

What are the lines that run from east to west called?

a)

Longitude Lines

b)

Equators

c)

Prime Meridians

d)

Latitude Lines

12.

What ocean is to the west of North America?

a)

Atlantic

b)

Pacific

c)

Southern

d)

Indian

13.

What ocean is located off the East Coast of America?

a)

Atlantic

b)

Pacific

c)

Indian

d)

Southern

14.

What U.S. states are not part of the contiguous United States (attached to the U.S.)?

a)

Alaska and Washington

b)

California and Oregon

c)

Alaska and Hawaii

d)

Hawaii and Texas

15.

The symbols shown are examples of items that would be found on a ______________________ of a map.

a)

Legend

b)

Compass Rose

c)

Scale

d)

Border

16.

What does the scale on a map show?

a)

The conversion of distance or size to the size of the map.

b)

How many people live in a country.

c)

The difference between kilometers and millimeters.

d)

The way to read a ruler.

17.

What type of map is shown?

a)

Population Map

b)

Climate Map

c)

Physical Map

d)

Political Map

18.

What type of map is shown?

a)

Physical Map

b)

Political Map

c)

Climate Map

d)

Population Map

19.

A sphere that represents the Earth is called:

a)

A continent

b)

A countour map

c)

A globe

d)

A map

20.

What are the names of the three regions of Tennessee?

a)

Western, Middle, Eastern

b)

Memphis Delta, Middle Basin, Eastern Mountains

c)

Northwestern, Southern, and Eastern

d)

Delta, Plateau, Plains