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Daily Geo Week 2 and Parts of a Map

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 2hrs 43mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What are the points called that are on each end of the prime meridian?

a)

North Pole and South Pole

b)

Western Hemisphere and Eastern Hemisphere

c)

North Pole and Western Hemisphere

d)

South Pole and Southern Hemisphere

2.

What is the name of the imaginary line on which the Earth rotates?

a)

equator

b)

North and South Pole

c)

axis

d)

Western and Southern Hemispheres

3.

How many times does the Earth rotate every 24 hours?

a)

1

b)

2

c)

3

d)

4

4.

Rotation of the Earth is (Select 2 answers)

a)

When the Earth spins on its axis.

b)

When the Earth spins around the sun.

c)

When the Earth changes from day to night.

d)

When the Earths seasons change.

5.

What is the name of the imaginary line that divides the Earth in half?

a)

equator

b)

latitude

c)

border

d)

longitude

6.
The equator divides the Earth into which 2 hemispheres? 
a)
Louisiana and Texas
b)
Northern and Southern Hemispheres
c)
Eastern ward and Southern ward
d)
Africa and Spanish
7.

What is the name of the imaginary line found at zero degrees longitude?

a)

Prime Meridian

b)

Equator

c)

Longitude

d)

Latitude

8.
The Prime Meridian helps to divide the earth into which two hemispheres? 
a)
South and East
b)
east and west
c)
both a and b
d)
Eastern and Western Hemispheres
9.

What is the name of the dark yellow continent?

a)

South America

b)

North America

c)

Asia

d)

Africa

10.

What continent is directly south of North America?

a)

Australia

b)

Europe

c)

Africa

d)

South America

11.

What part of a map is a series of symbols or colors that help locate landmarks and infrastructure?

a)

Scale Bar

b)

Map Key

c)

Compass Rose

12.

What part of a map is used to find relative location using Cardinal and Intermediate Directions?

a)

Map Key

b)

Compass Rose

c)

Scale Bar

13.

What does the "N" on the compass rose stand for?

a)

North

b)

Napa

c)

Norway

d)

Nevada

14.
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
15.

What direction does the red X represent?

a)

Northeast

b)

Northwest

c)

Southeast

d)

Southwest

16.
What does the "SE" stand for on the compass rose?
a)
South West
b)
South East
17.

What is this?

a)

A beautiful picture

b)

A map key

c)

Fire, trees, dots, hills

18.

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

19.

Northwest, Southwest, Northeast, Southeast

a)

Intermediate directions

b)

cardinal directions

c)

glossary

d)

map key

20.
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
21.
B.C.E. stands for
a)
Before Christ
b)
Best Common Era
c)
Before Common Era
d)
Common Era
22.

BC is an abbreviation for ____.

a)

Before Christ

b)

Before Christmas

c)

Before Church

d)

Before Centuries

23.

What is another name for 1600 C.E.?

a)

1800 C.E.

b)

600 B.C.

c)

1600 B.C.E

d)

1600 A.D.

24.

Which year happened first?

a)

1800 B.C.

b)

765 B.C.E.

25.

Which year happened most recently?

a)

2005 C.E.

b)

2005 B.C.E.