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Geography/Map Skills

Total questions: 19

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

the study of places and the relationships between people and their environments

a)

Atlas

b)

Geography

c)

Globe

d)

Compass Rose

2.

geography dealing with natural features and processes

a)

Physical Geography

b)

western hemisphere

c)

eastern hemisphere

d)

equator

3.

geography dealing with how human activity affects or is influenced by the earth's surface

a)

Prime Meridian

b)

Equator

c)

Human Geography

d)

Atlas

4.

a book of maps

a)

globe

b)

map legend

c)

map scale

d)

atlas

5.

a part of a map that shows cardinal directions(N, E, S, and W) and intermediate directions (NE, SE, SW, and NW)

a)

continent

b)

compass rose

c)

map key

d)

map scale

6.

main landmass of the globe

a)

country

b)

state

c)

continent

d)

city

7.

the half of Earth east of the Prime Meridian

a)

Equator

b)

Eastern Hemisphere

c)

Western Hemisphere

d)

Prime Meridian

8.

main line of latitude around the middle of the earth, 0 degrees latitude

a)

Equator

b)

Prime Meridian

c)

North Pole

d)

South Pole

9.

Distance north or south of the equator, run east to west

a)

legend

b)

continent

c)

longitude

d)

latitude

10.

a table on a map, chart, or the like, listing and explaining the symbols used.

a)

Map Scale

b)

Map legend

c)

Compass Rose

d)

Title

11.

the distance east or west of the prime meridian, run north to south

a)

equator

b)

latitude

c)

hemisphere

d)

longitude

12.

representation of a whole or a part of an area

a)

latitude

b)

map

c)

continent

d)

compass rose

13.

a part of a map that compares a distance on the map to a distance in the real world

a)

map scale

b)

map legend

c)

map key

d)

atlas

14.

half of the earth north of the equator

a)

Western Hemisphere

b)

Eastern Hemisphere

c)

Southern Hemisphere

d)

Northern Hemisphere

15.

the surface of the earth that is the northern end of the axis of rotation

a)

North Pole

b)

South Pole

c)

Prime Meridian

d)

Equator

16.

Line of longitude at 0 degrees

a)

hemisphere

b)

Equator

c)

Prime Meridian

d)

continent

17.

the half of the Earth south of the equator

a)

Northern Hemisphere

b)

Southern Hemisphere

c)

Western Hemisphere

d)

Eastern Hemisphere

18.

the surface of the earth that is the southern end of the axis of rotation

a)

North Pole

b)

South Pole

c)

hemisphere

d)

latitude

19.

half of the earth west of the prime meridian

a)

Northern Hemisphere

b)

Southern Hemisphere

c)

Eastern Hemisphere

d)

Western Hemisphere