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Tools of Geography

Total questions: 12

Worksheet time: 6mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What does absolute location mean?

a)

comparing a location to another location

b)

the exact location like an address

c)

the name of the location

d)

not knowing the location

2.

What does relative location mean?

a)

comparing one location to another location

b)

the exact location like an address

c)

a family member's location

d)

not knowing the address

3.

What vocab word means the change in shape, size or position of a location on a map?

a)

compass rose

b)

title

c)

map key

d)

distortion

4.

What do geographers use to show the exact location of a place on a map?

a)

map scale

b)

map key

c)

global grid

d)

nothing

5.

Latitude line run from

a)

North to South

b)

East to West

6.

Lines of Longitude run from

a)

North to South

b)

East to West

7.

What cause Earth's seasons?

a)

Revolution

b)

Rotating

c)

orbit

d)

Earth's tilt

8.

What are the name's of the northern most and southern most location where the sun never beats straight down?

a)

Artic Circle and Antarctic Circle

b)

North and South Pole

c)

Meridian

d)

Equator

9.

What map feature compares the distance on a map with the distance on Earth?

a)

Compass Rose

b)

Map Scale

c)

Map Key

d)

the title

10.

If it is summer in the Northern Hemisphere which season is happening in the Southern Hemisphere?

a)

Spring

b)

Summer

c)

Fall

d)

Winter

11.

If it is Fall in the Southern Hemisphere which season is happening in the Northern Hemisphere?

a)

Spring

b)

Summer

c)

Fall

d)

Winter

12.

The seasons are always opposite in the Northern and Southern Hemispheres.

a)

True

b)

False