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Maps & Globe Notes Quiz 2021

Total questions: 35

Worksheet time: 18mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What geographic line is represented by the diagram?

a)

international date line

b)

prime meridian

c)

Tropic of Capricorn

d)

equator

e)

yellow

2.

What geographic line is represented by the diagram?

a)

parallel

b)

Prime Meridian

c)

Arctic Circle

d)

Equator

e)

share your pizza with someone

3.

The equator is the main line of ____.

a)

geography

b)

longitude

c)

latitude

d)

distance

e)

your waist

4.

The prime meridian is the main line of _____ .

a)

geography

b)

longitude

c)

latitude

d)

a circle

e)

the earth

5.

All lines of latitude other than the equator are called ...

a)

meridians

b)

parallells

c)

degrees

d)

borders

e)

invisible

6.

TRUE or FALSE - All lines of longitude other than the Prime Meridian are called meridians.

a)

True

b)

False

7.

What two hemispheres does the equator create?

a)

northern, southern

b)

eastern, western

c)

northern, western

d)

southern, eastern

e)

it only creates one

8.

What two hemispheres does the prime meridian create?

a)

northern, southern

b)

western, eastern

c)

northern, western

d)

southern, eastern

e)

it creates four hemispheres

9.

TRUE or FALSE - The North Pole is located at 90 degrees N.

a)

True

b)

False

10.

TRUE or FALSE - The highest degrees longitude goes to is 180 degrees.

a)

True

b)

Falsse

11.

TRUE or FALSE - The Prime Meridian causes parts of the earth to have four seasons.

a)

True

b)

False

12.

TRUE or FALSE - A mnemonic is a geographic term.

a)

True

b)

False

13.

Which of the following is a cardinal direction?

a)

north

b)

northwest

14.

Which of the following is an intermediate direction?

a)

south

b)

southeast

15.

TRUE or FALSE - A compass rose is a saying that helps you remember the order of the directions on a compass.

a)

True

b)

False

16.

TRUE or FALSE - A circle is an example of a sphere.

a)

True

b)

False

17.

TRUE or FALSE - Hemisphere means half of a continent.

a)

True

b)

False

18.

TRUE or FALSE - In Oregon we live in both the northern hemisphere and the western hemisphere.

a)

True

b)

False.

19.

Which of the following is NOT one of the seven continents we studied in class?

a)

Antarctica

b)

Europe

c)

Central America

d)

Asia

e)

Australia

20.

Which of the following is NOT one of the four oceans we studied in class?

a)

Mediterranean

b)

Arctic

c)

Atlantic

d)

Pacific

e)

Indian

21.

TRUE or FALSE - On the opposite side of the earth from the Prime Meridian is a line called the International Date Line.

a)

True

b)

False

22.

True or False - The Earth's axis goes through both the north and south poles and travels along the surface of the Earth.

a)

True

b)

False

23.

TRUE or FALSE - The Earth's axis is tilted and can be seen if you travel to the North or South Poles.

a)

True

b)

False

24.

Polarity is the tilt of the Earth's axis as it travels ...

a)

... in a spin on the axis

b)

... around the sun

c)

... in a spiral

d)

... east and west

e)

... to visit its grandparents

25.

TRUE or FALSE - The Earth is both spinning on its axis while also moving in an orbit around the sun.

a)

True

b)

False

26.

TRUE or FALSE - If the Earth's axis wasn't tilted, the climate conditions we had every day would be like the conditions around June 21st.

a)

True

b)

False

27.

If this clock was a compass rose, what direction would you find at the 6?

a)

north

b)

south

c)

west

d)

east

e)

northwest

28.

If this clock were a compass rose, what direction would you find at the 9?

a)

north

b)

south

c)

west

d)

east

e)

northwest

29.

If this clock were a compass rose, what direction would you find between the 7 and the 8?

a)

northwest

b)

southwest

c)

northeast

d)

southeast

e)

west

30.

If this clock were a compass rose, what direction would you find between the 10 and the 11?

a)

northwest

b)

southwest

c)

northeast

d)

southeast

e)

north

31.

If this clock were a compass rose, what direction would you find at the 3?

a)

north

b)

south

c)

west

d)

east

e)

southeast

32.

TRUE or FALSE - The first maps, according to our notes, were drawings in the dirt.

a)

True

b)

False

33.

The main problem with the first maps was that they were not portable. What does portable mean?

a)

waterproof

b)

lightweight

c)

taken with you

d)

readable

e)

accurate

34.

Which of the following was NOT one of the newly invented kinds of early maps listed in our notes?

a)

charcoal on the traveler's skin

b)

woven reeds with eggshells

c)

paint on silk

d)

etched on wet clay and then dried

e)

carved on driftwood

35.

What did the notes say means 'mapmaker'?

a)

photographer

b)

cartographer

c)

cardiologist

d)

topographer

e)

carmapopher