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Reading and Analysis of maps

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Some of the earliest surviving maps were made by ____.

a)

greeks

b)

sumerians

c)

persians

d)

americans

2.

___ were imagined that the world as a round disc.

a)

Babylonians

b)

sumerians

c)

egyptians

d)

mesopotomians

3.

Anaximander, Hectaeus and Herodotus were ______.

a)

Photographers

b)

scientists

c)

rulers

d)

cartographers

4.

Observe the map given and find the Mediterranean sea.

a)

blue circled one

b)

green circled one

c)

yellow circled one

d)

red circled one

5.

what does it mean by meridian?

a)

night line

b)

day line

c)

straight line

d)

noon line

6.

____ was first to use lines like latitudes and longitudes to prepare maps.

a)

Ptolemy

b)

Heredotus

c)

Alexander

d)

Copernicus

7.

The Europeans map makers were greatly influenced by _____ before they discovered the books of Ptolemy.

a)

geeta

b)

bible

c)

khoran

d)

jendavesta

8.

in 16th century ____ emerged as great trading power.

a)

New Zealand

b)

Arabea

c)

England

d)

Holland

9.

The first survey based map was prepared by _____ in India.

a)

James Hargreaves

b)

James Runnel

c)

James bond

d)

James

10.

____ surveyed from Chennai to Himalayas to determine the length of a longitude and also heights of various places in India.

a)

Willam Harry

b)

william lambton

c)

william jones

d)

william beneton

11.

Mount Everest was named after ____________.

a)

George

b)

George Everest

c)

George Washington

d)

Georges Michelson

12.

_____ is the number of people per unit of area, usually quoted per square kilometer

a)

Population density

b)

Population thickness

c)

Population distribution

d)

Population ratio

13.

____ means high and low areas on the surface of the earth.

a)

Physical features

b)

Relief features

c)

Cantors

d)

pattern

14.

Map makers use ____ to show roads, railway lines,canal, light house etc

a)

photos

b)

signs

c)

conventional symbols

d)

pictures

15.

The highest density of population is found in ______.

a)

Tamilnadu

b)

Kerala

c)

Bihar

d)

Madhyapradesh

16.

___ are the lines on the maps joining places with same height.

a)

conventional symbols

b)

contour lines

c)

isobars

d)

isotherms

17.

____ is a collection of maps.

a)

Atlas

b)

Printed map book

c)

clay tablet of babylonians

d)

world political map

18.

___ is the technique of taking of photographs of the ground from an elevated position.

a)

google maping

b)

satellite imaging

c)

Aerial photography

d)

none of the above

19.

Satellite imageries are the photographs of the earth taken by the artificial ______.

a)

satellite

b)

telescope

c)

binocular

d)

none

20.

The lowest density is found in ____ state

a)

sikkim

b)

arunachal pradesh

c)

nagaland

d)

mizoram