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Map Skills-GV

Total questions: 70

Worksheet time: 2hrs 2mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is the name of the purple continent?

a)

North America

b)

South America

c)

Africa

d)

Europe

2.

What is the name of the green continent?

a)

South America

b)

North America

c)

Australia

d)

Europe

3.

What is the name of the brown continent?

a)

Antarctica

b)

Europe

c)

Africa

d)

South America

4.

What is the name of the yellow continent?

a)

Africa

b)

Europe

c)

Australia

d)

Asia

5.

What is the name of the blue continent?

a)

Asia

b)

Africa

c)

Antarctica

d)

Australia

6.

What is the name of the red continent?

a)

South America

b)

Australia

c)

Antarctica

d)

Asia

7.

What is the name of the orange continent?

a)

Australia

b)

Antarctica

c)

Africa

d)

North America

8.

What is the name of the imaginary line that runs from east to west, and separates the Northern and Southern Hemispheres?

a)

Equator

b)

Prime Meridian

c)

Longitude

d)

Latitude

9.

What is the name of the imaginary line on the globe that runs north to south, and separates the Eastern and Western Hemispheres?

a)

Equator

b)

Prime Meridian

c)

Latitude

d)

Longitude

10.

What is the name of the ocean labeled with a letter A?

a)

Indian Ocean

b)

Arctic Ocean

c)

Atlantic Ocean

d)

Pacific Ocean

11.

What is the name of the ocean labeled with a letter B?

a)

Arctic Ocean

b)

Southern Ocean

c)

Indian Ocean

d)

Atlantic Ocean

12.

What is the name of the ocean labeled with a letter C?

a)

Pacific Ocean

b)

Indian Ocean

c)

Arctic Ocean

d)

Atlantic Ocean

13.

What is the name of the ocean labeled with a letter D?

a)

Atlantic Ocean

b)

Indian Ocean

c)

Pacific Ocean

d)

Southern Ocean

14.

What is the name of the ocean labeled with a letter E?

a)

Indian Ocean

b)

Arctic Ocean

c)

Southern Ocean

d)

Pacific Ocean

15.
What hemisphere do you live in?
a)
Canadian
b)
Northern
c)
Southern
d)
Mexican
16.
What Continent do you live on?
a)
South America
b)
Europe
c)
North America
d)
Australia
17.
The four main points of the compass North, South, East, and West.
a)
Compass Rose
b)
Cardinal Directions
c)
Intermediate Directions
d)
Map Scale
18.
A circle showing the principal directions printed on a map or chart.
a)
A Point
b)
Compass Rose
c)
Map Scale
d)
Direction
19.
What is the map element that tells what symbols on the map mean?
a)
Key/Compass
b)
Key/Legend
c)
Legend/Scale
d)
Inset/Scale
20.
What is this symbol?
a)
scale
b)
key
c)
compass rose
d)
map
21.
How many continents are there?
a)
4
b)
1
c)
5
d)
7
22.
Which of the following is NOT a cardinal direction?
a)
North
b)
West
c)
Southeast
d)
East
23.
What do we call directions that come between the cardinal directions?
a)
Primary Directions
b)
Intermediate Directions
c)
Middle Directions
d)
Subdirections
24.
What is this symbol?
a)
scale
b)
key
c)
compass rose
d)
map
25.
A set of degrees of latitude and longitude that help you locate a place on a map.
a)
coordinates
b)
positions
c)
hemispheres
d)
locations
26.

This type of map shows physical features of an area such as mountains, rivers and lakes.

a)

Political Map

b)

Physical Map

c)

Road Map

27.

This shows the cardinal directions of North, South, East, and West.

a)

Compass Rose

b)

Legend

c)

Scale

28.

These are imaginary lines running east and west that are part of the grid system.

a)

Longitude

b)

Latitude

29.

These are imaginary lines running north and south that are part of the grid system.

a)

Latitude

b)

Longitude

30.

This type of map shows state and national boundaries as well as large and small cities.

a)

Road Map

b)

Physical Map

c)

Political Map

31.

These are Northwest, Northeast, Southwest, and Southeast.

a)

Cardinal Directions

b)

Intermediate Directions

32.

Look at the map. Which continent is numbered 3?

a)

North America

b)

South America

c)

Asia

d)

Australia

33.
Which state borders Ohio to the West?
a)
California
b)
Indiana
c)
Pennsylvania
d)
Michigan
34.

What part of a map would you find symbols?

a)

Compass Rose

b)

Map Key

c)

Title

d)

Map Scale

35.
Measures distance from the equator. These lines run east and west and measure north and south.
a)
Cardinal Directions
b)
Latitude Lines
c)
Longitude Lines
d)
Intermediate Directions
36.
__________ directions are northeast, southeast, southwest, and northwest.
a)
Latitude
b)
Cardinal
c)
Intermediate
d)
Longitudinal
37.
A _________ is used to represent real objects on the map such as a building, road, lake, tree, mountain, etc.
a)
Symbol
b)
Compass Rose
c)
Map Scale
d)
Merdian
38.
__________ measures distance from the Prime Meridian.  These imaginary lines run from the north pole to the south pole.  These lines run north and south and measure east or wes
a)
Latitude 
b)
Longitude
c)
Lines
d)
Equator
39.
 This type of map shows governmental boundaries of countries, states, and/or counties.  It sometimes includes cities, roads, and significant bodies of water.
a)
Physical
b)
Political
c)
Product
d)
Map
40.
The red question mark is located to the _________ of the compass rose.
a)
North 
b)
South
c)
East
d)
West
41.
 The red question mark is located to the _________ of the compass rose.
a)
Northeast
b)
Southeast
c)
Northwest
d)
North
42.
 The red question mark is located to the _________ of the compass rose.
a)
Southwest
b)
Southeast
c)
South
d)
West
43.
The red question mark is located to the _________ of the compass rose.
a)
North
b)
Northeast
c)
Northwest
d)
East
44.
The red question mark is located to the _________ of the compass rose.
a)
North
b)
South
c)
Southeast
d)
Southwest
45.

The equator breaks the Earth into what two hemispheres?

a)

Eastern and Southern

b)

Northern and Southern

46.

The Prime Meridian separates the Earth into what two hemispheres?

a)

Northern and Southern

b)

Western and Eastern

47.

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

a)

Prime Meridian

b)

Equator

48.

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

a)

Prime Meridian

b)

Equator

49.

Which part of a map shows you symbols and their meanings?

a)

mountains

b)

key or legend

c)

grid map

d)

island

50.

N, E, S, W are called...

a)

blue directions

b)

cardinal directions

c)

intermediate directions

d)

straight and forward

51.

The intermediate directions are...

a)

NE, SE, NN, SS

b)

NE, SW, NW, NS

c)

NE, SE, SW, SE

d)

NW, SS, SN, EE

52.

The Rocky Mountains are what direction from the Great Plains?

a)

North

b)

South

c)

East

d)

West

53.

According to the map, if you are in Salt Lake City what direction is Provo?

a)

West

b)

East

c)

South

d)

North

54.
Which continent is located at letter "A"?
a)
Antarctica
b)
Africa
c)
Australia
d)
Asia
55.
Which continent is located at letter "D"?
a)
Asia
b)
Africa
c)
Europe
d)
Australia
56.
Which continent is located at letter "E"?
a)
Africa
b)
Asia
c)
Australia
d)
Antarctica
Antarctica
57.
What type of map is this?
a)
Political
b)
Physical 
c)
Economic Activity
d)
Population
58.
What type of map is this?
a)
Population 
b)
Physical
c)
Political
d)
Climate 
59.
Lines of latitude are called this.
a)
tropic zone
b)
parallel
c)
polar zone
d)
meridian
60.
What are these lines known as?
a)
latitude
b)
longitude
c)
relative location
d)
absolute location
61.
Latitude and Longitude are measured in ________.
a)
inches
b)
feet
c)
degrees
d)
grams
62.

This type of map shows features of the land, including valleys, canyons, plains, and mountains.

a)

Political

b)

Physical

c)

Time Zones

d)

Map Key

63.
 This type of map shows governmental boundaries of countries, states, and/or counties.  It sometimes includes cities, roads, and significant bodies of water.
a)
Physical
b)
Political
c)
Product
d)
Map
64.
Which continent is located at #3?
a)
Australia
b)
Asia
c)
Europe
d)
South America
65.
Which continent is located at #1?
a)
North America
b)
Antarctica
c)
South America
d)
Asia
66.

An area of land that shares common characteristics and natural resources is known as what?

a)

border

b)

region

c)

cardinal directions

d)

map scale

67.

The directions located between the main directions on a map or globe (NE, SE, NW, SW) are known as what?

a)

intermediate directions

b)

compass rose

c)

cardinal directions

d)

relative direction

68.
What is the name of the 0° longitude line?
a)
Equator
b)
Arctic Circle
c)
Tropic of Cancer
d)
Prime Meridian
69.
What is this map projection showing?
a)
North Pole
b)
Eastern Hemisphere
c)
Northern Hemisphere
d)
Southern Hemisphere
70.
This is also called a KEY and is a list that explains the symbols used on a map.
a)
Legend
b)
Title
c)
Scale
d)
Compass Rose

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