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Map Unit Review

Total questions: 29

Worksheet time: 15mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What do we call the directions of N, S, E, or W?

a)

coordinate directions

b)

cardinal directions

c)

intermediate directions

d)

continent directions

2.

What word means rain, sleet, snow, or hail?

a)

production

b)

predicate

c)

precipitation

d)

population

3.

The equator divides the earth into the northern and southern ______________________________?

a)

habitats

b)

longitudes

c)

latitudes

d)

hemispheres

4.

What imaginary lines tell you how far north or south you are?

a)

latitude lines

b)

longitude lines

c)

equator

d)

prime meridian

5.

What is the name of the 0 degree latitude line?

a)

longitude

b)

prime meridian

c)

equator

d)

hemispheres

6.

What shows north, south, east, and west on a map?

a)

map scale

b)

compass rose

c)

compass

d)

map key

7.

What do we call a small map connected to a larger map?

a)

inset map

b)

production map

c)

special purpose map

d)

precipitation map

8.

What explains the symbols on a map and is also called a legend?

a)

map scale

b)

inset map

c)

compass rose

d)

map key

9.

What do we call the directions of NE, SE, NW, or SW?

a)

cardinal directions

b)

compass rose

c)

intermediate directions

d)

coordinates

10.

What helps you figure out distances on a map?

a)

longitude

b)

map scale

c)

map key

d)

latitude

11.

What imaginary lines tell you how far east or west you are?

a)

map scale

b)

compass rose

c)

latitude

d)

longitude

12.

What is the name of the 0 degree longitude line that runs through Greenwich, England?

a)

prime meridian

b)

Optimus Prime

c)

equator

d)

Arctic Circle

13.

What tells you what the map is about?

a)

map key

b)

map scale

c)

map title

d)

inset map

14.

What is another name for latitude lines because they never cross each other?

a)

meridians

b)

parallels

c)

equator

d)

prime meridian

15.

What is a body of water completely surrounded by land?

a)

ocean

b)

lake

c)

sea

d)

island

16.

What is a group of connected mountains?

a)

cliff

b)

range

c)

canyon

d)

valley

17.

What is part of an ocean pushing into land and is larger than a bay?

a)

lake

b)

sea

c)

bay

d)

gulf

18.

What is a narrow valley with steep sides?

a)

valley

b)

cliff

c)

canyon

d)

mountain

19.

What is an area of land with water surrounding it?

a)

pond

b)

lake

c)

island

d)

peninsula

20.

What is a large, level area of high land called?

a)

peninsula

b)

plateau

c)

plain

d)

mountain

21.

What is the place where a river begins called?

a)

source of a river

b)

tributary

c)

delta

d)

mountain

22.

What is a piece of land almost surrounded by water, only on 3 sides, called?

a)

island

b)

delta

c)

tributary

d)

peninsula

23.

What is a part of an ocean or lake that is partly surrounded by land and is smaller than a gulf?

a)

sea

b)

pond

c)

bay

d)

gulf

24.

What do we call land that borders the ocean or sea?

a)

beach

b)

coast

c)

plain

d)

island

25.

What is a broad stretch of flat, level land called?

a)

plain

b)

desert

c)

delta

d)

valley

26.

A long, low area of land between mountains or hills is called a ______________________________?

a)

cliff

b)

canyon

c)

valley

d)

plateau

27.

What is a sheltered or protected area of water where ships can safely anchor?

a)

bay

b)

harbor

c)

gulf

d)

lake

28.

What is low land that is soft and wet called?

a)

valley

b)

canyon

c)

wetland (marsh or swamp)

d)

river

29.

What is a river or stream that flows into a larger river called?

a)

tributary

b)

branch

c)

delta

d)

source