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WorksheetsREADING AND ANALYSIS OF MAPS
Total questions: 24
Worksheet time: 12mins
a Greek king who tried to conquer the whole world and came as far as India some 2300 years ago.
Ptolemy
Alexander
AL- idrisi
Gerardus Mercator
Among the following who was the famous ancient geographer
Ptolemy
Alexander
Mercator
AlI Idrish
Who developed longitudes and latitudes
Greeks
Sumerans
Babylonians
Britishers
In the 16th century, ___________ emerged as a major trading power
British
French
Portuguese
Holland
Who was the first "Surveyor General" to survey of India?
James Rennel
Thomas Peter
Max Muller
Christopher
A collection of maps _______________
History
Atlas
Coreography
all the above
___________ are the photographs of the Earth taken by the artificial satellites launched into the space
Satellite imageries
Blue colour imageries
Drawn by hand
None
The earliest maps were made by
Sumerians
Egyptians
Chinese
Indians
The father of Dutch Cartography
Galileo
Gerardus Mercator
Al Idrisi
Copernicus
This person proved that the Everest is the highest peak in the world
Sir George William
Mc. Mohan
Durand
Sir George Everest
Maps showing distribution of forests are called _____ .
Thematic Maps
Physical Maps
Political Maps
Maps are of ________ types.
Two
Four
Many
_______ is a line joining the places with equal heights on a Map.
Plain line
Contour line
Railway line
The heights on the Earth are measured from the _______ .
River
Lake
Sea level
The ______ established a department called "Survey of India".
French
Dutch
British
_______ colour is used to show rivers, lakes, well on a Map.
White
Red
Light Blue
The Greeks showed the _____ , ______ and _______ continents on the World Map.
European, American and Asian
European, African and American
Europe, Asia and Libya
Babylonians and Sumerians belonged to present day ____ .
Iran
Iraq
Russia
______ prepared a World Map for his king during the year 1154.
Ptolemy
Mercator
AL IDRISI
______ was one of the most famous 'Geographers' of the ancient World.
Mercator
Al Idrisi
Ptolemy
The ______ symbol is used to show roads on a Map.
Map makers or Cartographers use common symbols called ________ in different Maps.
Relevant Symbols
Conventional Symbols
Appropriate Symbols
PO on a map stands for ______ .
Police Officer
Polling Officer
Post Office
The Science of Map making is called _______ .
Photography
Cartography
Cardiography
