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6th Grade Map Skills

Total questions: 48

Worksheet time: 27mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
What Continent do you live on?
a)
South America
b)
Europe
c)
North America
d)
Australia
2.
What is the map element that tells what symbols on the map mean?
a)
Key/Compass
b)
Key/Legend
c)
Legend/Scale
d)
Inset/Scale
3.
What is this symbol?
a)
scale
b)
key
c)
compass rose
d)
map
4.
What is a map scale?
a)
a tool to measure distance
b)
a tool to tell direction
c)
a tool to start a fire
d)
a tool to build a house
5.

What type of map is shown?

a)

Physical Map

b)

Political Map

c)

Climate Map

d)

Population Map

6.

What is this called?

a)

Compass Rose

b)

Map Key

c)

Map Scale

d)

Compass

7.

Which are the 4 Intermediate Directions

a)

North, East, South, West

b)

Northeast, Southeast, Southwest, Northwest

c)

North, Northeast, Northwest, West

8.

Which are the 4 Cardinal Directions

a)

North, East, South, West

b)

Northeast, Southeast, Southwest, Northwest

c)

North, Northeast, Northwest, West

9.

Which direction is missing?

a)

West

b)

Northwest

c)

North

d)

Northeast

e)

Southwest

10.

Which direction is missing?

a)

West

b)

Northwest

c)

Southeast

d)

Northeast

e)

Southwest

11.

Which direction is missing?

a)

South

b)

Northwest

c)

Southeast

d)

Northeast

e)

Southwest

12.

Which direction is missing?

a)

North

b)

Northwest

c)

Southeast

d)

Northeast

e)

Southwest

13.

Which direction is missing?

a)

West

b)

Northwest

c)

Southeast

d)

South

e)

Southwest

14.

Which direction is missing?

a)

North

b)

East

c)

Southeast

d)

South

e)

Southwest

15.

Which direction is missing?

a)

North

b)

East

c)

Southeast

d)

South

e)

Northeast

16.

Which direction is missing?

a)

North

b)

East

c)

Northwest

d)

South

e)

Northeast

17.
This element gives measurements  and shows distance between objects on the map
a)
Legend
b)
Key
c)
Title
d)
Scale
18.
Which continent is located at letter "C"?
a)
North America
b)
South America
c)
Central America
d)
African America
19.
Which continent is located at letter "D"?
a)
Asia
b)
Africa
c)
Europe
d)
Australia
20.
Which continent is located at letter "E"?
a)
Africa
b)
Asia
c)
Australia
d)
Antarctica
Antarctica
21.
Which continent is located at letter "F"?
a)
Asia
b)
Africa
c)
Australia
d)
Antarctica
22.
Which continent is located at letter "G"?
a)
Asia
b)
Africa
c)
Australia
d)
Antarctica
23.
Which ocean is located at letter "H"?
a)
Atlantic
b)
Pacific
c)
Indian
d)
Arctic
24.
Which ocean is located at letter "J"?
a)
Atlantic
b)
Pacific
c)
Indian
d)
Arctic
25.
Which ocean is located at letter "K"?
a)
Atlantic
b)
Pacific
c)
Indian
d)
Arctic
26.

a person who makes maps

a)

Symbols

b)

Compass rose

c)

Legend/Key

d)

Cartographer

27.

The blue area on the map represents

a)

Land Mass

b)

Ocean

c)

A Lake

d)

Legend

28.

What are examples of culture?

a)

Language

b)

Religion

c)

Food

d)

All of the above

29.

What is an example of cultural diffusion?

a)

Bjorg invites his friend Carlos over for a home-cooked Swedish meal.

b)

Sandy explains the Hanukkah dreidel game, and then her class plays it.

c)

The Spanish forced Christianity on the Native Americans when they conquered parts of South America.

d)

When colonists fought the British during the American Revolution, they also resisted the British culture.

30.

Who studies and produces maps?

a)

Geographer

b)

Bio-mappist

c)

Cartographer

d)

Physicist

31.

Based on the graph, which country most likely had the highest GDP in US dollars?

a)

United States

b)

Mozambique

c)

Russia

d)

Canada

32.

What category does the following fit in: South America, Africa, Asia, Australia, North America, Antarctica and Europe?

a)

Countries

b)

Cities

c)

States

d)

Continents

33.

Language, food, clothing and religion are examples of...?

a)

Set of Beliefs

b)

Behavior

c)

Culture

d)

Art

34.

What map would show the Earth's physical features?

a)

Thematic map

b)

Political map

c)

Physical map

d)

Global map

35.

Which continent does most of the students want to visit?

a)

Africa

b)

Asia

c)

Australia

d)

Europe

36.

When a person migrates from their home to another place, their culture is being spread through which of the following?

a)

Pop culture

b)

Cultural Isolation

c)

Cultural Diffusion

d)

Cultural Divergence

37.

What is culture?

a)

The system of government in a country.

b)

A way of life shared by a group of people.

c)

Only the religion of a community

d)

Only the art and music of a group

38.

Which could be part of the American culture?

a)

Singing the national anthem at events?

b)

Voting in presidential elections.

c)

Celebrating the 4th of July.

d)

All of the above.

39.

According to the map, which direction is North America in?

a)

Northwest

b)

Southwest

c)

Northeast

d)

Southeast

40.
How many oceans does Earth have? 
a)
2
b)
3
c)
4
d)
5
41.
What is the name of this line at 0 degrees latitude?
a)
Prime Meridian
b)
Equator
c)
North Pole
d)
South Pole
42.
What is the name of the line at zero degrees longitude?
a)
Equator
b)
Prime Meridian
c)
North Pole
d)
South Pole
43.

imaginary lines on a map that run east and west (horizontal)

a)

Latitude

b)

Longitude

44.

imaginary lines on a map that run up and down (vertical)

a)

Latitude

b)

Longitude

45.

What is the map scale used to figure out?

a)

the number of countries shown on the map

b)

Which direction is north, south, east and west

c)

The real distance between places on the map

d)

What the map symbols mean

46.

If you wanted to know the symbol for “river,” where on the map would you look?

a)

The scale

b)

The compass rose

c)

The borders

d)

The legend

47.

A large land mass is a called a

a)

country

b)

continent

c)

state

d)

equator

48.
The museum is ______________ of the school.
a)
Northeast
b)
South
c)
West
d)
Southwest

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