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Map Skills Practice Quiz

Total questions: 19

Worksheet time: 17mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What type of map is this?

a)

Political

b)

Physical

c)

Thematic

2.

What type of map is this?

a)

Political

b)

Physical

c)

Thematic

3.

What type of map is this?

a)

Political

b)

Physical

c)

Thematic

4.

0 degrees latitude; an imaginary line that runs around the middle of Earth, like a belt, and divides the globe into the northern and the southern hemispheres.

a)

Tropic of Cancer

b)

Equator

c)

Prime Meridian

d)

Tropic of Capricorn

5.

0 degrees longitude; an imaginary line that runs north and south and divides the globe into the eastern and western hemispheres

a)

Prime Meridian

b)

Equator

c)

International Date Line

d)

Tropic of Capricorn

6.

Latitude and Longitude lines are measured in __________.

a)

inches

b)

miles

c)

degrees

d)

ounces

7.

What tool would you use to measure the distance between two places on a map?

a)

key

b)

legend

c)

scale

d)

grid

8.

A __________ is used to identify the direction of north, south, east, and west.

a)

Compass Rose

b)

Compass Blossom

c)

Compass Tulip

d)

Compass Daisy

9.
What part of the map contains symbols?
a)
Key/Legend
b)
Scale
c)
Symbols
d)
Colors
10.
What do we call directions that come between the cardinal directions?
a)
Primary Directions
b)
Intermediate Directions
c)
Middle Directions
d)
Subdirections
11.

Distance east or west of the Prime Meridian, measured in degrees, is called

a)

latitude

b)

longitude

c)

equator

d)

hemisphere

12.

Location D is located at which coordinates?

a)

30oN, 90oW

b)

90oN, 30oW

c)

10oN, 40oW

d)

30oN, 90oE

13.

Location H is located at which coordinates?

a)

60oN, 120oE

b)

90oN, 30oE

c)

10oS, 40oW

d)

30oN, 90oE

14.

Location E is located at which coordinates?

a)

30oS, 30oE

b)

30oS, 30oW

c)

10oS, 40oW

d)

30oN, 90oE

15.

This major line of latitude at 23.5 degrees north.

a)

North Pole

b)

Tropic of Cancer

c)

Tropic of Capricorn

d)

South Pole

16.

This major line of latitude at is at 23.5 degrees south.

a)

North Pole

b)

Tropic of Cancer

c)

Tropic of Capricorn

d)

South Pole

17.

What is an advantage of a globe over a map?

a)

Globes are portable; maps are not.

b)

Globes are more accurate; maps show distortion.

c)

Globes are cheap; maps are expensive.

18.

What is an advantage of a map over a globe?

a)

Maps are more portable than globes.

b)

Maps are more accurate than globes.

c)

Maps are 3-dimensional while globes are flat.

19.

Why are map projections misleading?

a)

Because they can show different themes and legends can be hard to read.

b)

Because they are not three dimensional and do show things like elevation.

c)

Because they can misrepresent the accuracy of continents and countries such a size.