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READING AND ANALYSIS OF MAPS

Total questions: 24

Worksheet time: 12mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

a Greek king who tried to conquer the whole world and came as far as India some 2300 years ago.

a)

Ptolemy

b)

Alexander

c)

AL- idrisi

d)

Gerardus Mercator

2.

Among the following who was the famous ancient geographer

a)

Ptolemy

b)

Alexander

c)

Mercator

d)

AlI Idrish

3.

Who developed longitudes and latitudes

a)

Greeks

b)

Sumerans

c)

Babylonians

d)

Britishers

4.

In the 16th century, ___________ emerged as a major trading power

a)

British

b)

French

c)

Portuguese

d)

Holland

5.

Who was the first "Surveyor General" to survey of India?

a)

James Rennel

b)

Thomas Peter

c)

Max Muller

d)

Christopher

6.

A collection of maps _______________

a)

History

b)

Atlas

c)

Coreography

d)

all the above

7.

___________ are the photographs of the Earth taken by the artificial satellites launched into the space

a)

Satellite imageries

b)

Blue colour imageries

c)

Drawn by hand

d)

None

8.

The earliest maps were made by

a)

Sumerians

b)

Egyptians

c)

Chinese

d)

Indians

9.

The father of Dutch Cartography

a)

Galileo

b)

Gerardus Mercator

c)

Al Idrisi

d)

Copernicus

10.

This person proved that the Everest is the highest peak in the world

a)

Sir George William

b)

Mc. Mohan

c)

Durand

d)

Sir George Everest

11.

Maps showing distribution of forests are called _____ .

a)

Thematic Maps

b)

Physical Maps

c)

Political Maps

12.

Maps are of ________ types.

a)

Two

b)

Four

c)

Many

13.

_______ is a line joining the places with equal heights on a Map.

a)

Plain line

b)

Contour line

c)

Railway line

14.

The heights on the Earth are measured from the _______ .

a)

River

b)

Lake

c)

Sea level

15.

The ______ established a department called "Survey of India".

a)

French

b)

Dutch

c)

British

16.

_______ colour is used to show rivers, lakes, well on a Map.

a)

White

b)

Red

c)

Light Blue

17.

The Greeks showed the _____ , ______ and _______ continents on the World Map.

a)

European, American and Asian

b)

European, African and American

c)

Europe, Asia and Libya

18.

Babylonians and Sumerians belonged to present day ____ .

a)

Iran

b)

Iraq

c)

Russia

19.

______ prepared a World Map for his king during the year 1154.

a)

Ptolemy

b)

Mercator

c)

AL IDRISI

20.

______ was one of the most famous 'Geographers' of the ancient World.

a)

Mercator

b)

Al Idrisi

c)

Ptolemy

21.

The ______ symbol is used to show roads on a Map.

a)
b)
c)
22.

Map makers or Cartographers use common symbols called ________ in different Maps.

a)

Relevant Symbols

b)

Conventional Symbols

c)

Appropriate Symbols

23.

PO on a map stands for ______ .

a)

Police Officer

b)

Polling Officer

c)

Post Office

24.

The Science of Map making is called _______ .

a)

Photography

b)

Cartography

c)

Cardiography