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Week Two Quiz: Maps and Physical Features

Total questions: 21

Worksheet time: 5hrs 15mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

All About Maps: What is another name for a map legend?

a)

Map Symbol

b)

Map direction

c)

Map Key

d)

Table of contents

2.

All About Maps: What is the purpose of a map scale?

a)

To weigh the political power of the states

b)

To show where things are located on the map

c)

Compare the distance measured on the map to the actual distance on Earth

d)

To show how large the map is

3.

All About Maps: What do map legends help determine?

a)

Meanings of symbols or colors that represent graphic features.

b)

Orientation or direction map should be read.

c)

Relationship of the actual distance to map distance.

d)

How efficient the map quality is.

4.

All About Maps: Directions can be shown using a symbol with arrows pointing in all four cardinal directions. What is this symbol called?

a)

Compass Rose

b)

Intermediate Directions

c)

Astrolabe

d)

North arrow

5.

All About Maps: Lines that run north and south and measure distances in degrees from the Prime Meridian are called lines of ________________.

a)

Longitude

b)

Latitude

c)

Equators

d)

Scale

6.

All About Maps: Lines that run west and east and measure distances in degrees from the Equator are called lines of ________________.

a)

Longitude

b)

Latitude

c)

Tropic of Cancer

d)

Arctic Circle

7.

All About Maps: The center line of latitude, measured at 0 degrees is the ________________.

a)

Prime Meridian

b)

Tropic of Capricorn

c)

International Date Line

d)

Equator

8.

All About Maps: The title of a map tells us what?

a)

What the map is about (the topic of the map).

b)

The distance the map covers.

c)

The name of the cartographer.

9.

DOGSTAILS: This is the text identifying when the map was made and/or updated.

a)

Orientation

b)

Date

c)

Grid

d)

Scale

10.

DOGSTAILS: A north arrow is a symbol indicating the direction in which north lies; a compass rose is a symbol indicating the cardinal directions (N, S, E, W).

a)

Date

b)

Grid

c)

Scale

d)

Orientation

11.

DOGSTAILS: Text identifying where the map’s information comes from.

a)

Author

b)

Index

c)

Legend

d)

Source

12.

DOGSTAILS: Text identifying the cartographer or organization responsible for making the map

a)

Author

b)

Date

c)

Text

d)

Scale

13.

The acronym used to remember the most common map elements.

(a)  

14.

DOGSTAILS: The box labeled "Layer 1" is an example of what?

a)

Source

b)

Scale

c)

Legend

d)

Orientation

e)

Grid

15.

Name that physical feature: A large natural stream of water that empties into an ocean, sea or lake.

a)

River

b)

Lake

c)

Sea

d)

Ocean

16.

Name that physical feature: A natural elevation of the earth that is higher than a hill.

a)

hill

b)

mountain

c)

plain

d)

peninsula

17.

Name that physical feature: A huge body of saltwater. Five of these cover about 75% of the earth.

a)

lakes

b)

seas

c)

oceans

d)

ponds

18.

Name that physical feature: A large flat land area with very few trees.

a)

Plains

b)

Peninsula

c)

Mesa

d)

Plateau

19.

The final questions: A geographer who makes maps:

a)

Cartographer

b)

Distortion

c)

Projection

20.

The final questions: A way of representing the spherical Earth on a flat surface.

a)

Map Projection

b)

Distortion

21.

The final questions: The change in shape, size, or location of a place when shown on a map.

a)

Map Projection

b)

Distortion