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4th Quarter Exam in Social Studies

Total questions: 40

Worksheet time: 1hrs 20mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is a map?

a)

a tool that shows details about an area

b)

a fiction book

c)

sleeping during the day

d)

a tool used to feed a baby

2.

What is a globe?

a)

round map that shows places on earth

b)

a flat map of a state

c)

weather in your area

3.

What does a precipitation map show?

a)

how much rainfall or snowfall an area gets

b)

how much rainbows an area gets

c)

trees and sand an area has

d)

round map of the earth

4.

What is a map key?

a)

a chart that show what symbols mean on a map

b)

round map

c)

flat map

5.

What is a compass rose?

a)

a tool that shows north, south, east, and west on a map

b)

symbols on a map

c)

flowers on a map

6.

What is north of the picnic area?

a)

woods

b)

soccer field

c)

swimming pool

d)

playground

7.
What is south of the woods?
a)
soccer field
b)
playground
c)
swimming pool 
d)
picnic area
8.
What is west of the ice cream stand?
a)
playground
b)
swimming pool
c)
picnic area
d)
woods
9.

Shows the directions on a map.

a)

compass rose

b)

scale

c)

key

10.

Explains the pictures on a map.

a)

border

b)

scale

c)

key or legend

11.

The government seat of a state or country.

a)

continent

b)

country

c)

capital

12.

Shows the distance on a map.

a)

compass rose

b)

scale

c)

key

13.

Shows the distances.

a)

compass rose

b)

key

c)

scale

14.

A dividing line between states or countries.

a)

region

b)

border

c)

key

15.

A map that shows the lines that separate one continent, country, or state from another.

a)

physical map

b)

border

c)

political map

16.

A map that shows land and water features

a)

physical map

b)

border

c)

political map

17.

A large body of salt water.

a)

island

b)

ocean

c)

continent

18.

The land where a group of people are united under a single government.

a)

compass rose

b)

continent

c)

country

19.

Explains the pictures on a map.

a)

border

b)

scale

c)

key or legend

20.

What is a map scale?

a)

a tool that shows you north, south, east, or west on a map

b)

a map that tells you about the temperature of a place

c)

a symbol that stands for highways or roads on a map

d)

a tool that compares distances on a map to real distances

21.

What is a globe?

a)

round map that shows places on earth

b)

a flat map of a state

c)

weather in your area

22.

What is a map key?

a)

a chart that show what symbols mean on a map

b)

round map

c)

flat map

23.
What is west of the ice cream stand?
a)
playground
b)
swimming pool
c)
picnic area
d)
woods
24.

What cardinal direction does the E stand for?

a)

North

b)

South

c)

East

d)

West

25.

What cardinal direction does the W stand for?

a)

North

b)

South

c)

East

d)

West

26.

Which direction do you need to go to get to the school from the museum?

a)

north

b)

south

c)

east

d)

west

27.

Which direction do you need to go to get to the hospital from city hall?

a)

northwest

b)

southwest

c)

northeast

d)

southeast

28.

Which direction do you need to go to get to the library from the post office?

a)

northwest

b)

southwest

c)

northeast

d)

southeast

29.

What is north of the picnic area?

a)

woods

b)

soccer field

c)

swimming pool

d)

playground

30.
What is east of the jogging path?
a)
woods
b)
swimming pool
c)
playground
d)
ice cream stand
31.

To go from Eddie's house to the school, you travel ______.

a)

north

b)

south

c)

east

d)

west

32.

The supermarket is _________ of Lisa's house.

a)

north

b)

south

c)

east

d)

west

33.

A police officer would go _______ to Davis park.

a)

north

b)

south

c)

east

d)

west

34.

Students walk _____ to the school after using the school playground.

a)

north

b)

south

c)

east

d)

west

35.

Corey goes ________ to eat at the restaurant.

a)

north

b)

south

c)

east

d)

west

36.

Which symbols stands for a COUNTRY's capital?

a)
b)
c)
d)
37.

Road maps can help people NAVIGATE an area. What does NAVIGATE mean?

a)

to measure the annual temperature

b)

to measure the yearly rainfall

c)

to find a way through a place

d)

to display roads, resources and capitals

38.

In a map, a Symbol is...

a)

A color that stands for something else.

b)

A drawing that stands for something else.

c)

A mark that stands for something else.

d)

All of the above.

39.

A physical map

a)

shows the distance or height above sea level.

b)

shows physical characteristics of a place.

c)

all of the above

40.

If you saw a sun in a certain area on a weather map what would it indicate?

a)

It is sunny all over the world.

b)

It is sunny where you live.

c)

It is sunny in the area shown on the weather map.