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Parts of a Map

Total questions: 49

Worksheet time: 28mins

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 does the "SE" stand for on the compass rose?
a)
South West
b)
South East
3.
What is this?
a)
key
b)
title
c)
compass rose
d)

legend

4.

What is the name of the map feature that is circled in blue?

a)

scale

b)

key

c)

compass rose

d)

title

5.

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

6.
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
7.
tells you the topic of a map, what the map is about
a)
Map Title 
b)
Map Key 
c)
Map Grid
d)
Compass Rose 
8.
Another name for a Key is 
a)

Compass

b)

Scale

c)
Legend
d)
Parallel
9.
What direction would you travel in to get from Adelaide to Darwin
a)
North
b)
East
c)
South 
d)
West
10.
One of four compass points that fall between the cardinal directions northeast, southeast, northwest, and southwest.
a)
Cardinal Directions
b)
Key
c)
Compass Rose
d)
Intermediate Directions
11.
The fire dept. is ______ of the school.
a)
South
b)
East
c)
North
d)
West
12.
Catherine's house is in the __ corner of the map.
a)
northern
b)
southern
c)
northwestern
d)
northeastern
13.
What directions would you travel to go from Catherine's house to the school?
a)
northeast
b)
northwest
c)
southeast
d)
southwest
14.
What is this?
a)
map scale
b)
map key
c)
map title
d)

compass rose

15.

What direction does the red X represent?

a)

Northeast

b)

Northwest

c)

Southeast

d)

Southwest

16.

What direction does the red X represent?

a)

North

b)

South

c)

East

d)

West

17.

What direction does the red X represent?

a)

North

b)

South

c)

East

d)

West

18.

What is this part of the map?

a)

title

b)

key / legend

c)

compass

19.

What is a key?

a)

part of a map that shows distance

b)

part of the map that shows meaning of symbols

c)

part of the map that shows directions

20.

What is a compass?

a)

part of the map that shows distance

b)

part of a map that shows meaning of symbols

c)

part of a map that shows directions

21.

What is the title of the map?

a)

The Americas

b)

The World

c)

Canada

22.

What is the title of the map?

a)

The Americas

b)

The World

c)

Antarctica

d)

LEGEND

23.

Look at the key: What does the white mean?

a)

snow

b)

mountains

c)

rainforest

d)

desert area

24.

What do they show in the key?

a)

distance

b)

direction

c)

symbols

25.

Explains the symbols on a map.

a)

Title

b)

Label

c)

Legend

d)

Compass Rose

26.

Tells you what the map is showing...

a)

Legend

b)

Label

c)

Title

d)

Compass Rose

27.

What is this?

a)

Intermediate Directions

b)

Map Scale

c)

Compass Rose

d)

Legend or Key

28.

What direction does the red X represent?

a)

Northeast

b)

Northwest

c)

Southeast

d)

Southwest

29.

What direction does the red X represent?

a)

North

b)

South

c)

East

d)

West

30.

What direction does the red X represent?

a)

Northeast

b)

Northwest

c)

Southeast

d)

Southwest

31.

What direction does the red X represent?

a)

Northeast

b)

Northwest

c)

Southeast

d)

Southwest

32.

This tells what the map is about:

a)

title

b)

map key

c)

coordinate grid

d)

symbols

33.

This divides the map into cells or sections:

a)

title

b)

map key

c)

grid system

d)

symbols

34.

This part of the map shows directions:

a)

title

b)

map key

c)

scale

d)

compass rose

35.

This shows how the distance between two locations on a map compares to the distance in real life:

a)

symbols

b)

scale

c)

map key

d)

coordinate grid

36.
What is this?
a)
map key
b)
map scale
c)
compass rose
d)

grid system

37.
What is this?
a)
compass rose
b)
map scale
c)
map key
d)

title

38.
What is this?
a)
map title
b)
map scale
c)
map key
d)

grid system

39.

What part of the map is circled in blue?

a)

Title

b)

Scale

c)

Key

d)

Grid

40.

What part of the map is circled in blue?

a)

Title

b)

Key

c)

Scale

d)

Grid

41.

What part of the map is circled in blue?

a)

Scale

b)

Grid

c)

Compass

d)

Title

42.

What part of the map is circled in blue?

a)

Scale

b)

Compass

c)

Grid

d)

Title

43.

What part of the map is circled in blue?

a)

Scale

b)

Grid

c)

Compass

d)

Title

44.

What part of a map would I use to figure out how far apart two cities are?

a)

Key

b)

Title

c)

Grid

d)

Scale

45.

If you're having trouble figuring out what the symbols on a map represent, where would you look?

a)

Title

b)

Key

c)

Scale

d)

Grid

46.

What part of the map helps you find the exact location of a place on a map?

a)

the grid

b)

the title

c)

the compass

d)

the scale

47.

How many pairs of ribs do chickens have?

a)

1

b)

12

c)

7

d)

over 1,000

48.

A female chicken is called a

a)

hen

b)

rooster

c)

sow

d)

chick

49.

What is this breed of chicken?

a)

Silkie

b)

Showgirl

c)

Flufferton

d)

Buff Orpington

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