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Geography Vocabulary review

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 20mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

A cartographer is a ______ maker.

a)

Shoe

b)

Hat

c)

Map

d)

Compass

2.

A way of drawing the earth on a flat surface is called

a)

Map projection

b)

Map projector

c)

Map Project

d)

Map Pro

3.

A physical map shows _________.

a)

Government boundaries

b)

All lines of latitude

c)

Geographic figures

d)

The climate

4.

Who created the Robinson projection

a)

Jane Robinson

b)

Robin Robinson

c)

Andy Robinson

d)

Arthur Robinson

5.

A plain is ___________.

a)

A small area of forest

b)

A Broad area of level land

c)

A broad area of unlevel land

d)

A small area of empty land

6.

Latitude _________________________________.

a)

measures distance north and south from the equator

b)

measures distance east and west from the prime meridian.

c)

measures distance northwest and northeast from the equator

d)

measures time to walk around the entire earth

7.

Longitude______________________________.

a)

measures distance north and south from the equator

b)

measures different kinds of time around the world

c)

measures distance east and west from the prime meridian.

d)

measures distance around the whole world

8.

What is Geography

a)

A symbol on a map used to display the orientation of the cardinal directions (north, east, south, and west) and their intermediate points.

b)

an account of what happened in the development of a people, a nation or a civilization

c)

a world map projection first created in 1569 that shows all lines of latitude and longitude parallel to each other.

d)

the study of people, their environments, and their resources

9.

What is an Equator

a)

A line of longitude.

b)

is a meridian or line of longitude in a coordinate system defined as 0°. The prime meridian today runs through the Royal Observatory at Greenwich, United Kingdom.

c)

an imaginary line drawn around the earth equally distant from both poles, dividing the earth into northern and southern hemispheres and constituting the parallel of latitude 0°

d)

A half of the earth, usually divided into northern and southern halves by the equator, or into western and eastern halves by an imaginary line passing through the poles.

10.

Prime Meridian is ________.

a)

A symbol on a map used to display the orientation of the cardinal directions (north, east, south, and west) and their intermediate points.

b)

an imaginary line drawn around the earth equally distant from both poles, dividing the earth into northern and southern hemispheres and constituting the parallel of latitude 0°

c)

is a meridian or line of longitude in a coordinate system defined as 0°. The prime meridian today runs through the Royal Observatory at Greenwich, United Kingdom.

d)

a world map projection first created in 1569 that shows all lines of latitude and longitude parallel to each other.

11.

Which of the following is a large raised area of flat or gently rolling land

a)

a broad area of fairly level land

b)

a narrow strip of land

c)

high steep rugged land, usually at least 1000 ft. above surrounding lan

d)

a large raised area of flat or gently rolling land

12.

Orient is ____________________.

a)

an astronomical instrument used to determine latitude.

b)

height above sea level

c)

To align or position a map according to the points of a compass.

d)

A symbol on a map used to display the orientation of the cardinal directions (north, east, south, and west) and their intermediate points.

13.

What is a Map Legend

a)

defines features in a map using symbols or colors. It is also known as a map key.

b)

is the ratio of the distances on a map. For example, one inch to one mile.

c)

an astronomical instrument used to determine latitude.

d)

it is a myth about a map

14.

What is an astronomical instrument used to determine latitude called?

a)

Map key

b)

Sextant

c)

Compass rose

d)

laso

15.

A map scale is the ratio of the distances on a map. For example, one inch to one mile.

a)

False

b)

something

c)

True

d)

I dont know

16.

Astrolabe

a)

An instrument used to make astronomical measurements, typically of the altitudes of celestial bodies, and in navigation for calculating latitude, before the development of the sextant.

b)

an astronomical instrument used to determine latitude.

c)

A symbol on a map used to display the orientation of the cardinal directions (north, east, south, and west) and their intermediate points.

d)

defines features in a map using symbols or colors. It is also known as a map key.

17.

Glacier

a)

high steep rugged land, usually at least 1000 ft. above surrounding land

b)

average weather of a place over a period of 20 to 30 years

c)

a thick sheet of ice

d)

a thin sheet of ice

18.

Which are land

a)

Tributary

b)

Plateau

c)

Isthmus

d)

Glacier

19.

which have to do with weather

a)

Climate

b)

Meridian

c)

Climatic map

d)

Mercator map

20.

How has this helped you

a)

Not at all ):

b)

I'm smarter now <3

c)

a little [:

d)

was I supposed to learn something }: