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Map and Compass

Total questions: 19

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is the definition of a map?

a)

A representation of a piece of land

b)

A bird's eye view of a piece of land drawn to scale

c)

A piece of paper

2.

What makes a map reliable?

a)

a laminated map is reliable

b)

If it looks old, it is real

c)

The date, year the map was created

3.

When writing on a map, you should only use

a)

a pencil (very lightly)

b)

a marker

c)

a pen

d)

a highlighter

4.

What is the marginal information?

a)

Information told to you by the Officer

b)

The map itself

c)

Information that surrounds the map

5.

What colour is the the trigonometrical station?

a)

Blue

b)

Red

c)

Brown

d)

Black

6.

The trigonometrical stations show

a)

the height of the land at that point

b)

the slope of the land at that point

c)

there is oil at the point

d)

people should dig here for gold

7.

The vertical grid lines on the map are called...

a)

Eastings

b)

Northings

8.

The horizontal lines on a map are called...

a)

Eastings

b)

Northings

9.

What do contour lines represent?

a)

The distance between two points on a map

b)

The vertical relief (slope) of land above sea level

c)

The height of a conventional sign

10.

What are cardinal points?

a)

a compass

b)

Points that show you where to go

c)

The points on a card

d)

The points on a compass

11.

What are the first four cardinal points?

a)

South, West Life, East and Northings

b)

North, Southern, East, West

c)

North, South, East, West

d)

North, South, East, Westerners

12.

How many degrees are in a circle?

a)

180

b)

90

c)

45

d)

360

13.

What are the three Norths?

a)

True North, Magnetic North, Grid North

b)

North, Old North, New North

c)

Real North, True North, Grid North

14.

How many cardinal points are there?

a)

8

b)

12

c)

4

d)

16

15.

What is True North?

a)

The Direction of the South Pole

b)

The Direction of North on the map

c)

The Direction of the North Pole

d)

The opposite of False North

16.

Name the types of bearings?

a)

True, Grid, Magnetic

b)

Magnetic, True, False

c)

Rear, Front, Map

17.

The word Relief speaks to

a)

a feeling you get when you do not have to go to school

b)

the rise and fall of the ground

c)

rainfall

18.

A concave slope

a)

caves outwards

b)

caves inwards

19.

A convex slope

a)

bulges outwards

b)

caves inwards