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Map Skills Quiz

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 16mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What type of map is this?

a)

Country

b)

Physical

c)

Climate

d)

Political

2.

What type of map is this?

a)

Political

b)

Physical

c)

Climate

d)

Choropleth

3.

What type of map is this?

a)

Physical

b)

Choropleth

c)

Road

d)

Topographic

4.

0 degrees latitude; an imaginary line that runs around the middle of Earth, like a belt

a)

Tropic of Cancer

b)

Equator

c)

Prime Meridian

d)

Tropic of Capricorn

5.

0 degrees longitude; an imaginary line that runs up and down through the United Kingdom

a)

Prime Meridian

b)

Equator

c)

International Date Line

d)

Tropic of Capricorn

6.

half of a sphere; which refers to half of the Earth

a)

Hemisphere

b)

Sphere

c)

Halfsphere

d)

Quartersphere

7.

Antarctica, Australia, and most of South America are in what hemisphere?

a)

Northern

b)

Southern

c)

Western

d)

Eastern

8.

North and South America are in what hemisphere?

a)

Northern

b)

Southern

c)

Western

d)

Eastern

9.

Lines of Longitude run from the _____ to the ______.

a)

East, West

b)

North, South

c)

South, East

d)

North, West

10.

Latitude and Longitude lines are measured in __________.

a)

inches

b)

miles

c)

degrees

d)

ounces

11.

What tool would you use to measure the distance between two places on a map?

a)

key

b)

legend

c)

scale

d)

grid

12.

A __________ is used to identify the direction of north, south, east, and west.

a)

Compass Rose

b)

Compass Blossom

c)

Compass Tulip

d)

Compass Daisy

13.

North south east and west are all...

a)

Intermediate directions

b)

Cardinal directions

c)

Map scale

d)

Legend

14.
The school is ____ of the pet store.
a)
North
b)
South
c)
East
d)
West
15.
What direction is missing?
a)
North
b)
West
c)
South
d)
East
16.
What part of the map contains symbols?
a)
Key/Legend
b)
Scale
c)
Symbols
d)
Colors
17.
Which map feature would you use  to estimate the distance from Boston, MA to Dublin Ireland?
a)
Grid
b)
Compass
c)
Legend
d)
Scale
18.

Lines of latitude are called

a)

parallels

b)

flatitude

c)

circles

d)

Tropic of Cancer

19.

What is the latitude and longitude of letter B?

a)

80oN, 0o

b)

0o, 80oW

c)

80oS, 0o

d)

0o, 80oE

20.
Identify this map
a)
Physical Map
b)
Climate Map
c)
Road Map