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Map quiz Scouts

Total questions: 21

Worksheet time: 44mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

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

a)

map scale

b)

key

c)

title

d)

distance calculator

2.

What is the name of this object?

a)

map symbol

b)

map key

c)

map scale

d)

compass rose

3.

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

a)

legend

b)

scale

c)

map

d)

title

4.
mapmaking; the writing involved in making maps or charts.
a)
photography
b)
biography
c)
cartography
d)
seismograph
5.

A pattern formed as the lines of latitude and longitude cross one another.

a)

Compass

b)

Map scale

c)

Legend/key

d)

Grid system

6.

What imaginary line divides the Earth into a northern and southern half?

a)

prime meridian

b)

longitude

c)

equator

d)

Tropic of Cancer

7.
What are these lines known as?
a)
latitude
b)
longitude
c)
relative location
d)
absolute location
8.
What  are these lines known as ?
a)
latitude
b)
relative location
c)
longitude
d)
absolute location
9.
What does letter B represent?
a)
Pacific Ocean
b)
India
c)
Asia
d)
South America
10.

what is the capital of Wales?

a)

london

b)

cardiff

c)

cam doggy

d)

cat island

11.

which is NOT a region in the UK

a)

scotland

b)

france

c)

Wales

d)

england

12.

Which country has this flag?

a)

Wales

b)

England

c)

Northern Ireland

d)

Scotland

13.

On a Scottish map, what sort of feature would be called a "sneck", like "Sneck of Cornish"

a)

A flat, dry plain

b)

A notch or gap between hills

c)

A hill frequented by snakes

d)

A narrow road

14.

In which national park would you find the highest peak in England

a)

North Yorkshire moor

b)

South Downs

c)

Lake District

d)

Peak District

15.

What map feature does this symbol represent?

a)

Green houses

b)

Kite flying area

c)

Nuclear power station

d)

Solar Farm

16.

Which of these British islands is the largest?

a)

Skye

b)

Mull

c)

Arran

d)

Isle of Wight

17.

What do these diamond symbols mean?

a)

Danger area - no entry

b)

Recreational route - or path

c)

off- road driving track

d)

Coastal defences

18.

What's this symbol commonly known as?

a)

Height mark

b)

Trig pillar

c)

Mapping mark

d)

Benchmark

19.

What sort of feature is this, found on an OS Explorer map?

a)

Earthwork fortification

b)

A disused race track

c)

A hill peak

d)

Car park showing individual parking spots

20.

What is missing from this North points symbol

a)

Map North

b)

Grid North

c)

Up

d)

Corrected North

21.

What map symbol is this?

a)

Trig pillar

b)

Mountain or hill peak

c)

Danger area

d)

Youth hostel