WorksheetsMap Skills Review
Total questions: 17
Worksheet time: 17mins
The exact location of a place expressed by longitude and latitude is called what?
Relative location
Absolute location
Latitude
Longitude
The main directions: North, South, East, West on a compass rose are called what?
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Directions
Cardinal Directions
Intermediate Directions
The marker on a map that shows the direction of the map is called what?
GPS
Compass Rose
Directional marker
Cardinal Directionsw
The directions in between the main directions: NE, SE, NW, SW are called what?
Intermediate Directions
Cardinal Directions
Compass Rose
Middle Directions
The map feature that explains the symbols used on the main map. Symbols may be colors, patterns, lines or other special marks. This feature is called what?
Title
Map scale
Key or legend
Symbols
An imaginary line, (also called a parallel), measuring distance north or south of the Equator is called what?
Latitude
Longitude
An imaginary line (also called a a meridian), measuring distance east or west of the Prime Meridian is called what?
Latitude
Longitude
A line (like a measuring stick) drawn on a map that uses a unit of measurement, such as an inch, to represent a real distance on Earth is called what?
Map ruler
Map distance
Relative location
Map scale
The map feature that tells the subject of a map, (it may also identify the kind of map) is called what?
Map Title
Map Subject
Map Type
Map Description
The location of a place in relation to another place is called the what?
Absolute location
Relative location
Approximate location
Exact location
Colors, patterns, lines or other special marks that represent different things on a map are called what?
Map features
Map Key
Symbols
Map icons
What is an appropriate title for this map?
Countries
Land and Water
Map of the World
The United States of America
The Cardinal Directions on this compass rose are shown in what color?
Red
Blue
The Intermediate Directions on this compass rose are shown in what color?
Red
Blue
20° N is a line of what?
Latitude
Longitude
60° E is a line of what?
Latitude
Longitude
Why are map keys important?
So map readers can understand the what map symbols mean
They are not important
So map readers can look at pictures
So map readers know what kind of map they are looking at
