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Geography Lesson 1: Maps

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 18mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What continent is number 1?

a)

Asia

b)

South America

c)

Europe

d)

Australia

e)

North America

2.

What continent is number 2?

a)

Asia

b)

South America

c)

Europe

d)

Australia

e)

North America

3.

What continent is number 3?

a)

Asia

b)

South America

c)

Europe

d)

Australia

e)

Antarctica

4.

What continent is number 4?

a)

Asia

b)

South America

c)

Europe

d)

Australia

e)

Antarctica

5.

What continent is number 5?

a)

Asia

b)

South America

c)

Africa

d)

Australia

e)

Antarctica

6.

What continent is number 6?

a)

Asia

b)

South America

c)

Africa

d)

Australia

e)

Antarctica

7.

What continent is number 7?

a)

Asia

b)

South America

c)

Africa

d)

Australia

e)

Antarctica

8.

A tool on a A tool on a map showing cardinal (N,E,S,W) and intermediate (NE,SE,NW,SW) directions.map showing cardinal (N,E,S,W) and intermediate (NE,SE,NW,SW) directions.

a)

Compass rose

b)

Lines of latitude

c)

Lines of longitude

d)

Cardinal directions

e)

Prime meridian

9.

Imaginary lines that run east and west across the earth

a)

Compass rose

b)

Lines of latitude

c)

Lines of longitude

d)

Cardinal directions

e)

Prime meridian

10.

Imaginary lines that run north and south across the earth

a)

Compass rose

b)

Lines of latitude

c)

Lines of longitude

d)

Cardinal directions

e)

Prime meridian

11.

the line of latitude around the middle of the earth, halfway between the North Pole and the South Pole (0 degrees north or south)

a)

Compass rose

b)

Equator

c)

Map scale

d)

Map key

e)

Prime meridian

12.

On which continent is the USA located?

a)

Asia

b)

Africa

c)

North America

d)

South America

e)

Australia

13.

Which number is the USA?

a)

1

b)

2

c)

3

d)

4

e)

5

14.

Which is NOT a cardinal direction

a)

North

b)

North East

c)

East

d)

South East

e)

West

15.

Which line runs up and down on this map?

a)

Equator

b)

Prime Meridian

c)

Cardinal direction

d)

Compass rose

e)

Map scale

16.

Which line runs left and right on this map?

a)

Equator

b)

Prime Meridian

c)

Cardinal direction

d)

Compass rose

e)

Map scale

17.

What is the red line on this map called?

a)

Equator

b)

Prime Meridian

c)

Line of Flattitude

d)

Continental Boundary

18.

What is the red line on this map called?

a)

Equator

b)

Prime Meridian

c)

Line of Flattitude

d)

Continental Boundary

19.

Which of these is true about the Prime Meridian?

a)

It divides the world into eastern and western hemispheres

b)

It is the basis for most time zones

c)

It is a line of longitude

d)

All of the above

20.

Which of these is true about the Equator?

a)

It divides the world into northern and southern hemispheres

b)

It is an imaginary line

c)

It is a line of latitude

d)

All of the above