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Map Skills

Total questions: 40

Worksheet time: 30mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What are the four cardinal directions?

a)

North, South, Windy, Sunny

b)

Never Eat Slimy Worms

c)

North, South, East, West

d)

South Never Eat West

2.

What is this?

a)

A beautiful picture

b)

A map key

c)

Fire, trees, dots, hills

3.

What does the title show on a map?

a)

shows the person who made the map

b)

attracts the reader's attention

c)

shows the purpose of the map

d)

shows important information about the size

4.

What is this part of the map?

a)

title

b)

key / legend

c)

compass

5.

What is a title?

a)

name of a map

b)

shows meaning of symbols on map

c)

shows directions

6.

What is this part of the map?

a)

title

b)

key / legend

c)

compass

7.

What is a key?

a)

name of a map

b)

shows meaning of symbols on map

c)

shows directions

8.

What is this part of the map?

a)

title

b)

key / legend

c)

compass

9.

What is a compass?

a)

name of a map

b)

shows meaning of symbols on map

c)

shows directions

10.

What is the title of the map?

a)

The Americas

b)

The World

c)

USA

11.

What is the title of the map?

a)

The Americas

b)

The World

c)

Natural Resources

12.

What is the title of the map?

a)

The Americas

b)

The World

c)

Landscapes

13.

What do they show in the key?

a)

Map Skills

b)

N, S, E, W

c)

rivers, mountains, roads

14.

What do they show in the compass?

a)

Map Skills

b)

N, S, E, W

c)

rivers, mountains, roads

15.

Where is the river?

a)

North

b)

South

c)

East

d)

West

16.

What is this?

a)

A beautiful picture

b)

A map key

c)

Fire, trees, dots, hills

17.

What is the purpose of a map scale?

a)

to show the distance between places

b)

to show where the next lake is

c)

to tell you what the symbols on a map mean

d)

to help you find south

18.
A way of showing the actual size compared to the size on the map
a)
legend/key
b)
cardinal directions
c)
compass rose
d)
map scale
19.
tells you the topic of a map, what the map is about
a)
Map Title 
b)
Map Key 
c)
Map Grid
d)
Compass Rose 
20.
helps you find the absolute location of places on a map
a)
Map Title 
b)
Map Grid 
c)
Compass Rose 
d)
Map Scale 
21.
shows what the symbols on the map stand for
a)
Map Title 
b)
Map Grid 
c)
Map Scale 
d)
Map Key
22.

Which of these would tell you what different colors on a map mean?

a)

A legend

b)

A scale

c)

A title

d)

A compass rose

23.
Another name for a Key is 
a)
Lock
b)
Meridian
c)
Legend
d)
Parallel
24.

Another word for Legend is...

a)

Story

b)

Key

c)

Title

d)

Label

25.

What is this?

a)

A compass

b)

Symbol for large city

c)

Compass Rose

d)

Part of a puzzle

26.

This part of a map tells us direction.

a)

Scale

b)

Key/Legend

c)

Title

d)

Compass Rose

27.

This part of a map tells us the subject or content of the map.

a)

Title

b)

Latitude/Longitude Lines

c)

Scale

d)

Date

28.

This part of a map helps us determine distance.

a)

Key/Legend

b)

Compass Rose

c)

Scale

d)

Title

29.

Longitude lines are the _________________ lines in our global grid system.

a)

Vertical

b)

Horizontal

c)

Curved

d)

Squiggly

30.

This part of a map tells us what each symbol on the map means.

a)

Compass Rose

b)

Title

c)

Scale

d)

Key/Legend

31.

To locate the exact places on Earth, one must look at:

a)

latitude lines only

b)

intersecting lines of latitude and longitude

c)

longitude lines only

d)

Relative location

32.

Coordinates show

a)

absolute location

b)

relative location

c)

approximate location

d)

cardinal directions

33.

Which direction would you travel to go from Colorado to Idaho?

a)

Northeast

b)

Southeast

c)

Northwest

d)

Southwest

34.

Which direction would you travel to go from Washington to Oregon?

a)

North

b)

South

c)

East

d)

West

35.

According to the map, which state is south of Michigan?

a)

North Dakota

b)

Indiana

c)

Wisconsin

d)

Kansas

36.
What is the name of this line at 0 degrees latitude?
a)
Prime Meridian
b)
Equator
c)
North Pole
d)
South Pole
37.
What is the name of the line at zero degrees longitude?
a)
Equator
b)
Prime Meridian
c)
North Pole
d)
South Pole
38.
What shape is the planet Earth?
a)
Circle
b)
hemisphere
c)
sphere
d)
cone
39.
The Prime Meridian separates the Earth into what two hemispheres?
a)
Northern and Southern
b)
Western and Eastern
c)
Northern and Eastern
d)
Southern and Western
40.
The equator breaks the Earth into what two hemispheres?
a)
Eastern and Southern
b)
Northern and Southern
c)
Western and Eastern
d)
Northern and Western