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Building Skills in Geography Unit 1 Vocabulary Words

Total questions: 26

Worksheet time: 13mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Set of lines used to find locations on a map

a)

Interdependence

b)

Grid

c)

Prime Meridian

d)

Compass Rose

2.

symbol used on a map to show directions North

a)

Legend

b)

Index

c)

North Arrow

d)

Time Zone

3.

Unit of measurement of latitude and longitude

a)

Cell

b)

Longitude

c)

Northern Hemisphere

d)

Degree

4.

Location compared to the location of other places on earth Question

a)

Axis

b)

Relative Location

c)

Symbol

d)

Equator

5.

Drawing used on a map

a)

Relative Location

b)

Symbol

c)

Equator

d)

Physical Map

6.

Area where a row and column

a)

Cell

b)

Longitude

c)

Scale

d)

Northern Hemisphere

7.

Symbol used on a map to show direction

a)

Prime Meridian

b)

Scale

c)

Latitude

d)

Compass Rose

8.

Alphabetical list of names

a)

Cell

b)

Scale

c)

Index

d)

Grid

9.

Dependence on one another

a)

Degree

b)

Interdependence

c)

Legend

d)

Scale

10.

Part of the earth North of the equator

a)

Southern Hemisphere

b)

Prime Meridian

c)

Equator

d)

Northern Hemisphere

11.

Part of a map that tells the meaning of symbols

a)

Legend

b)

Degree

c)

Index

d)

Time Zone

12.

Symbol used on a map to show distance

a)

Legend

b)

Scale

c)

Degree

d)

Compass Rose

13.

Part of the earth South of the Equator

a)

Northern Hemisphere

b)

Longitude

c)

Latitude

d)

Southern Hemisphere

14.

Starting point for measuring longitude

a)

Prime Meridian

b)

Relative Location

c)

Southern Hemisphere

d)

Equator

15.

Distance measured in degrees North or South of the equator

a)

Cell

b)

Compass Rose

c)

Latitude

d)

Longitude

16.

Division of earth for the purposes of keeping time

a)

Grid

b)

Interdependence

c)

Grid

d)

Time Zone

17.

Line of latitude that divides the earth into equal parts

a)

Equator

b)

Symbol

c)

Relative Location

d)

Axis

18.

Imaginary lines drawn from the North Pole to the South Pole

a)

Axis

b)

Equator

c)

Latitude

d)

Longitude

19.

Part of a map that tells the meaning of symbols

a)

Symbol

b)

Axis

c)

Key

d)

Latitude

20.

Distance measured in degrees East or West of the prime meridian

a)

Longitude

b)

Degree

c)

Index

d)

Latitude

21.

Map that shows the height of land above sea level

a)

Relief Map

b)

Special-Purpose Map

c)

Map Projection

d)

Mercator Map

22.

Map that shows how humans have divided surface of the earth

a)

Physical Map

b)

Political Map

c)

Relief Map

d)

Special-Purpose Map

23.

A way of showing to earth on a piece of paper

a)

Political Map

b)

Relief Map

c)

Map Projection

d)

Mercator Map

24.

Map that gives one particular kind of information

a)

Relief Map

b)

Political Map

c)

Special-Purpose Map

d)

Physical Map

25.

Map that shows how the land looks

a)

Physical Map

b)

Political Map

c)

Relief Map

d)

Special-Purpose Map

26.

Map projection that shows true directions and land shapes but exaggerates size of land masses

a)

Map Projection

b)

Mercator Map

c)

Special-Purpose Map

d)

Relief Map