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Maps & Geography Quiz (Unit 1 - Mid Unit)

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 12mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is a Compass Rose?

a)

A circle on a map showing distance

b)

A type of flower

c)

A circle on a map showing directions

d)

A circle shaped like pizza

2.

Northwest, Northeast, Southwest, and Southeast are known as the ________

a)

Cardinal directions

b)

Intermediate directions

c)

Never Eat Soggy Waffles

d)

Compass Rose

3.

What continent is the United States of America in?

a)

Africa

b)

America

c)

South America

d)

North America

4.

The number of inhabitants in a particular town, area, or country is known as ___________

a)

population

b)

economy

c)

United States of America

d)

Baskin Robbins

5.

A stream of water that flows through a channel on the Earth's surface is a

(a)  

6.

Fill in the blank:

Geography is the study of Earth and its features, its ___________, and its phenomena.

a)
Earth
b)

inhabitants

c)

map key

d)

folktales

7.

A Map key is also known as a Map Legend

a)

False

b)

True

8.

What are the Cardinal directions?

a)

Northeast, Northwest, Southeast, Southwest

b)

Never Eat Soggy Waffles

c)

Never Eat Soggy Watermelon

d)

North, South, East, West

9.

What is an Economy?

a)

how plants grow and live

b)

the making of maps

c)

the system of production, distribution, and consumption

d)

how many people live on the earth

10.

Shows what the symbols on a map stand for

(a)  

11.

There are only 5 continents in the world.

a)

True

b)

False

12.

A large and main piece of land in the world is called a ________________.

a)

continent

b)

turkey

c)

state

d)

mountain

13.

What is the name of someone who makes maps and charts?

a)

photographer

b)

Person who likes maps

c)

Savannah

d)

cartographer

14.

The mouth of the river is

a)

where the river says hello

b)

the beginning of the river

c)

where the river opens into a larger body of water

d)

the river takes a nap

15.

A physical feature of the Earth is

a)

hill

b)

fish

c)

ocean

d)

car

e)

valleys

16.

When the main stream of a river gets broken into many streams and spreads into a triangular shape, this is called a

(a)  

17.

What is the name of the horizontal imaginary line that runs through the middle of the Earth,

going East to West?

a)

Prime Meridian

b)

imaginary line

c)

compass rose

d)

Equator

18.

Select two types of maps that we've discussed

a)

beautiful map

b)

physical map

c)

radar map

d)

plain map

19.

What are three different and important tools on a map that help make reading a map easier?

a)
  1. 1. map key

  2. 2. compass rose

  3. 3. scale

b)
  1. 1. map key

  2. 2. compass rose

  3. 3. map legend

c)
  1. 1. a title

  2. 2. compass rose

  3. 3. pretty pictures

d)
  1. 1. a title

  2. 2. pictures

  3. 3. my house

20.

Which one of these is NOT a name of the five oceans?

a)

Pacific Ocean

b)

Atlantic Ocean

c)

North Ocean

d)

Indian Ocean