WorksheetsThemes and Map Elements Review
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 13mins
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Class
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1.
The purpose of a map legend (or key) is:
a)
To explain the history of the map
b)
To figure out the distance from one place to another
c)
To identify the meaning of symbols on the map
d)
To shampoo your hair, rinse, and repeat
2.
You can use a scale on a map to:
a)
Find out how much the map weighs
b)
Determine the distance from one point to another
c)
Understand the meaning of the map's symbols
d)
Dance the night away
3.
Which map element tells us the cardinal and intermediate directions?
a)
Scale
b)
Title
c)
Compass Rose
d)
Legend
4.
Items such as small shapes or drawings on a map used to represent real objects are called ____________________.
a)
Latitude
b)
Symbols
c)
Parallels
d)
Emojis
5.
Lines that run north and south and measure distances in degrees from the Prime Meridian are called lines of ________________.
a)
Longitude
b)
Latitude
c)
Meridian
d)
Scale
6.
Lines that run west and east and measure distances in degrees from the Equator are called lines of ________________.
a)
Longitude
b)
Latitude
c)
Wrongitude
d)
Attitude
7.
The center line of latitude, measured at 0 degrees is the ________________.
a)
Prime Meridian
b)
Legend
c)
Boiling Point
d)
Equator
8.
The center line of longitude, measured at 0 degrees is the _________________.
a)
Prime Meridian
b)
North Pole
c)
Backbone
d)
Equator
9.
Our Earth can be divided in half, either north and south or west and east. These halves are called ______________________.
a)
Pie
b)
Chunks
c)
Hemispheres
d)
Grids
10.
The exact spot of a location on a map is called the ___________________________.
a)
Absolute Location
b)
Relative Location
c)
Exact Spot
d)
Right There
11.
Thematic Maps show:
a)
The features people have created, such as cities, states, provinces, territories, and countries.
b)
Landforms and bodies of water found in particular areas
c)
Certain information (climate, population, languages, etc.) about a place or region
d)
Themes of books and movies
12.
On a compass rose, N, S, E, W are called the _____________
a)
cardinal directions
b)
intermediate directions
c)
latitude
d)
longitude
13.
True or False:
A person's address is an absolute location (not a relative location).
a)
True
b)
False
14.
Which themes describes how humans change a particular place?
a)
Location
b)
Place
c)
Human-Environment Interaction
d)
Movement
15.
The Appalachian Mountains are physical characteristic of North Carolina. Which theme does this represent?
a)
Place
b)
Location
c)
Movement
d)
Region
16.
When we describe a place by saying it has a beautiful lake and mountains, we are describing its
a)
Physical Characteristics
b)
Human Characteristics
17.
Which theme of geography am I referring to when I say: "Arkansas is located south of Missouri"?
a)
Place
b)
Region
c)
Movement
d)
Location
18.
When we say we live in the South where more days and sunny and warm, we are describing our:
a)
Place
b)
Movement
c)
Region
d)
Location
19.
The way that goods, people, and information move in and out of a place is an example of the theme of:
a)
Human-Environment Interaction
b)
Place
c)
Movement
d)
Location
20.
What is movement?
a)
Tells us how people, goods, recourses, and ideas move from one place to another
b)
Tells us what makes an area special and what makes it different from every other area
c)
Tells us ways in which the places in an area are alike.
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