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First SS Quiz of Year!!!

Total questions: 46

Worksheet time: 12hrs 30mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Absolute location is

location using...

and...

a)

Latitude and Longitude/ Address

b)

Cardinal Directions

c)

a specific location on a map

d)

a description of a general area where the location's found

2.

Relative location is location using...

a)

Latitude and Longitude

b)

Other Places as a Reference

3.

If you were trying to tell exactly where someplace is, what type of location would you use?

a)

Absolute

b)

Relative

4.

What are the 4 cardinal directions?

a)

North

b)

East

c)

South

d)

West

e)

North-East

5.

What goes in the pink space?

know the cardinal directions

a)

North

b)

South

c)

East

d)

West

6.

What are the 4 intermediate directions?

a)

North East

b)

South East

c)

South West

d)

North West

e)

South

7.

What do you use to determine distance on a map?

a)

Math

b)

Key

c)

A Ruler

8.

Which hemisphere do more people live in?

a)

North

b)

South

9.

What imaginary lines allow us to find absolute location?

a)

Latitude

b)

Longitude

c)

Other

d)

Imaginary?! I thought they were real!!!!!

e)

Lindatude

10.

What line divides the earth into e & w hemispheres?

a)

Equator

b)

Prime Meridian

11.

What line divides the earth into n & s hemispheres?

a)

Equator

b)

Prime Meridian

12.

Which goes all the way around the world?

a)

Prime Meridian

b)

Equator

13.

What does the prime meridian turn into?

a)

The equator

b)

WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT? IT STAYS THE PRIME MERIDIAN??!!?!?!?!!?!?!

c)

The international date line

d)

The inferior meridian

e)

The secondary meridian

14.

The equator is at ___ degrees _______atude.

a)

0

b)

180

c)

Lat

d)

Long

e)

50

15.

Which hemisphere is the USA in?

a)

North

b)

South

c)

East

d)

West

16.

Parallels=_______________ lines

Meridians=______________ lines

a)

Longitude

b)

Longitude

c)

Latitude

d)

Latitude

17.

Which is a compass rose

a)
b)
c)
d)
18.

What does the title of a map tell you?

a)

What a map's showing you/ info it's giving you

b)

Nothing

c)

How many states are on there

19.

Do you know how to give the apporximent distance btween 2 ciites?


(practice)

a)

100%

b)

99%

c)

75%

d)

50%

e)

-3%

20.

What's the difference between a physical and political map?

a)

Physical shows physical features

b)

Political shows physical features

c)

Political shows political boundaries

d)

Physical shows political boundaries

21.

How many hemispheres does Earth have?

(a)  

22.

What do you use to measure distance on a map?

a)

Math

b)

The scale bar

c)

A ruler

d)

My finger

23.

A _________ _______ shows directions on a map.

(a)  

24.

Hemi means...

(a)  

25.

Intermediate directions give a _______ specific location.

a)

More

b)

Less

26.

A hemisphere is 1 / (a)   of the world.

27.

Grid lines are

a)

Man made

b)

Natural

28.

Grid lines are only found in/on (a/the)

a)

Map

b)

Everywhere

c)

Ground

29.

What do you use to find exact location?

a)

Grid lines

b)

Cardinal directions

c)

Hemispheres

d)

The equator

30.

What are grid lines called?

a)

Longitude

b)

Latitude

c)

Equator

d)

Prime Meridian

31.

Are lat/long lines imaginary?

a)

No

b)

Yes

32.

The equator and prime meridianare at (a)   degrees lat/long

33.

Lat Lines measure distance from ____________

Long lines measure distance from ___________

a)

Equator

b)

Prime meridian

c)

Equator

d)

Prime meridian

34.

Lat Lines are measured in____________

Long lines are measured in __________

a)

N/S

b)

E/W

c)

N/S

d)

E/W

35.

lat lines go to (a)   degrees

36.

total of degrees for lat lines is (a)  

37.

every lat line is 1 degree

a)

True

b)

False

c)

e

38.

long lines go up to (a)   degrees

39.

theres a total of (a)   degrees in long

40.

All ______ lines come to together at the poles

a)

lat

b)

long

41.

Relative location is

location using...

and...

a)

Latitude and Longitude/ Address

b)

Cardinal Directions

c)

a specific location on a map

d)

a description of a general area where the location's found

42.

Basic Info... What your looking at

a)

Title

b)

Legend/Key

c)

Grid System

d)

Direction

e)

Scale

43.

Describes the meaning of colors or symbols on a map

a)

Title

b)

Legend/Key

c)

Grid System

d)

Direction

e)

Scale

44.

Lat/Long lines used to find absolute location

a)

Title

b)

Legend/Key

c)

Grid System

d)

Direction

e)

Scale

45.

Indicated by a compass rose

a)

Title

b)

Legend/Key

c)

Grid System

d)

Direction

e)

Scale

46.

Relationship between a unit of measurement on earth and one on a map

a)

Title

b)

Legend/Key

c)

Grid System

d)

Direction

e)

Scale