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Total questions: 14

Worksheet time: 7mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What map would you use to answer the following question: "What’s the shortest land route from Old Hammond Hwy to Greenwell Springs Rd?"

a)

Aerial

b)

Cartogram

c)

Climate

d)

Road

2.

What map would you use to answer the following question: “When its 2:00 p.m. in New York City, what time is it in Los Angeles, California?”

a)

Time Zone Map

b)

Economic Activity Map

c)

Aerial Map

d)

Cartogram

3.

What map would you use to answer the following question: “What is the dominant industry in Peru?”

a)

Climate Zone Map

b)

Economic Activity Map

c)

Physical Map

d)

Relief Map

4.

What map would you use to answer the following question: “How many feet above sea level are the Appalachian Mountains?”

a)

Climate Map

b)

Physical Map

c)

Vegetation Map

d)

Relief Map

5.

What map would you use to answer the following question: “What natural plant life grows in South Africa?”

a)

Population density map

b)

Physical map

c)

Political map

d)

Vegetation map

6.

What map would you use to answer the following question: “What’s the best way to see an overview of the damage to New Orleans from Hurricane Katrina and the flooding thereafter?”

a)

aerial map

b)

vegetation map

c)

physical map

d)

political map

7.

What map would you use to answer the following question: “Where is the Mississippi River?”

a)

Political map

b)

Topographic map

c)

Cartogram

d)

Physical map

8.

What map would you use to answer the following question: "What countries border Brazil?"

a)

Political map

b)

Economic activity map

c)

Aerial map

d)

Road map

9.

What map would you use to answer the following question: “How many people per square mile live in southern Florida?”

a)

Population density map

b)

Road map

c)

Economic activity map

d)

Political map

10.

What map would you use to answer the following question: "what is the highest point in Jamaica?"

a)

vegetation map

b)

topographic map

c)

political map

d)

time zone map

11.

What map would you use to answer the following question: "What climate regions are represented in the United States?"

a)

climate map

b)

political map

c)

road map

d)

economic activity map

12.

What map would you use to answer the following question: “According to the geographical distribution of statistical data, what country in Southeast Asia has the largest population?”

a)

Population density map

b)

Political map

c)

Economic activity map

d)

Cartogram

13.

What map would you use to answer the following question: “What landforms and bodies of water are common in the western hemisphere?”

a)

physical map

b)

aerial map

c)

cartogram

d)

climate zone map

14.

What map would you use to answer the following question: "What country has a large amount of iron ore deposits?”

a)

Relief map

b)

Topographic map

c)

Economic activity map

d)

Road map