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Reading Maps

Total questions: 39

Worksheet time: 2hrs 57mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

I have four points and show the directions on a map, what am I?

a)

Legend

b)

Key

c)

Compass Rose

d)

Scale

2.

I show the distance on a map, what am I?

a)

Scale

b)

Compass

c)

Legend

d)

Title

3.

What is north east of the picnic area?

a)

Swimming pool

b)

Soccer field

c)

Ice-cream stand

4.

What is west of the jogging path?

a)

Woods

b)

Swimming pool

c)

Gate 1

d)

Playground

5.

What do the letters N, S, E & W stand for?

a)

News

b)

North, South, East & West

c)

North, South, Easter, West

6.

What is the center line of longitude?

a)

Equator

b)

Prime meridian

c)

Longitude

d)

latitude

7.

What is the center line of Latitude

a)

Prime meridian

b)

Meridians

c)

Latitude

d)

Equator

8.
Land surrounded by water on three sides is a...
a)
mountain
b)
island
c)
lake
d)
peninsula
9.
An area of water that is surrounded by land on all sides.
a)
River
b)
Lake
c)
Plain
d)
Peninsula
10.
Land that is completely surrounded by water. 
a)
Island
b)
Plain
c)
River
d)
Valley
11.

One of seven large bodies of land on Earth.

a)

country

b)

continent

c)

ocean

12.

A large body of salt water.

a)

island

b)

ocean

c)

continent

13.

What is the title of this map?

a)

Russia

b)

China

c)

Religions of Asia

d)

Asia

14.

What is the center line of longitude?

a)

Equator

b)

Prime meridian

c)

Longitude

d)

latitude

15.

What is the center line of Latitude

a)

Prime meridian

b)

Meridians

c)

Latitude

d)

Equator

16.

Maps and globes are tools for which of the following

a)

Planning trips

b)

Learning about faraway places

c)

Studying movements of people, goods and information

d)

All of the above

17.

I have four points and show the directions on a map, what am I?

a)

Legend

b)

Key

c)

Compass Rose

d)

Scale

18.

I show the distance on a map, what am I?

a)

Scale

b)

Compass

c)

Legend

d)

Title

19.

My role is to explain the symbols on a map, what am I?

a)

Legend

b)

Title

c)

Scale

d)

Compass Rose

20.

What is the name for the directions on a compass rose?

a)

Directions

b)

General directions

c)

Cardinal directions

d)

Common directions

21.

What element informs us of what a map is all about?

a)

Border

b)

Title

c)

Legend

d)

Scale

22.

Shows the directions on a map.

a)

compass rose

b)

scale

c)

key

23.

Shows the distances.

a)

compass rose

b)

key

c)

scale

24.

What is the title of this map?

a)

Finland

b)

France

c)

Scotland

d)

Swedan

25.

Where is the compass rose located?

a)

top left

b)

top right

c)

center

d)

bottom right

26.

Scotland borders what other country?

a)

Whales

b)

Ireland

c)

England

d)

USA

27.

The title is located where on this map?

a)

top left

b)

top right

c)

middle

d)

bottom right

28.

What is a compass rose?

a)

half of a circle that helps people find angles

b)

a drawing showing different directions on a map

c)

a device with a magnet that always points North

d)

a pretty flower on a map that is red

29.
What is the reason why latitude lines NEVER intersect? 
a)
They converge at the poles
b)
They are cool
c)
They are vertical lines 
d)
They are parallel
30.
What is this object known as?
a)
map symbol
b)
map key
c)
map scale
d)
compass rose
31.
How many oceans does Earth have? 
a)
2
b)
3
c)
4
d)
5
32.
Name Continent C!
a)
Antarctica
b)
Europe
c)
Asia
d)
North America
33.
Continent F is ________.
a)
Antarctica
b)
Australia
c)
Europe
d)
North America
34.
Continent G is ________.
a)
Asia
b)
Antarctica
c)
North America
d)
Europe
35.
Name Ocean #1!
a)
Indian
b)
Pacific
c)
Atlantic
d)
Southern
36.
Ocean #4 is ________.
a)
Indian
b)
Atlantic
c)
Pacific
d)
Southern
37.
Which continent is touched by the Prime Meridian?
a)
North America
b)
Africa
c)
Australia
38.
A _______________ is exactly half of the earth.
a)
Equator
b)
Hemisphere
c)
Tropic of Cancer
d)
Arctic Circle
39.
Which continent is in all four hemispheres?
a)
Asia
b)
Europe
c)
Antarctica
d)
Africa

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