Free Printable Map Skills Unit Test

1.

Click on the map key.

A

B

C

D

2.

Click on the compass rose.

A

B

C

D

3.

Click on the map scale.

A

B

C

D

4.

Click on the map title.

A

B

C

D

5.

Click on the map title.

A

B

C

D

6.

Click on the map scale.

A

B

C

D

7.

Click on the map key / map legend.

A

B

C

D

8.

(a) is the study of the earth and the (b) on the Earth.

Choose from the below words

Geography

Algebra

people

Geometry

machines

schools

9.

Look at the map. What map element explains the map symbols?

a)

b)

c)

d)

10.

Look at the map. What map element measures the distance between locations?

a)

b)

c)

d)

11.

Look at the map. What symbol represents a town or village?

a)

b)

c)

d)

12.

Look at the map. What is the distance from Odesa to Kherson?

a)

100 miles

b)

500 miles

c)

1200 miles

d)

750 miles

13.

Look at the map. What is the distance from Kherson to Ternopil?

a)

450 miles

b)

50 miles

c)

900 miles

d)

750 miles

14.

Look at the map. What symbol represents an international boundary?

a)

b)

c)

d)

15.

What is a map scale?

a)

a tool to measure distance

b)

a tool to tell direction

c)

a tool to start a fire

d)

a tool to build a house

16.

What is this object known as?

a)

map symbol

b)

map key

c)

map scale

d)

compass rose

17.

What Continent do you live on?

a)

South America

b)

Europe

c)

North America

d)

Australia

18.

Lines of ______ measure how far from the equator a place is located?

a)

Longitude

b)

Latitude

19.

Lines of Longitude measure how far from the _______ a place is located.

a)

Equator

b)

International Date Line

c)

Prime Meridian

d)

Tropic of Cancer

20.

The invisible line at 0 degrees latitude is called the ________.

a)

International Date Line

b)

Prime Meridian

c)

Equator

d)

Arctic Circle

21.

The equator breaks the Earth into what two hemispheres?

a)

Eastern and Southern

b)

Northern and Southern

c)

Western and Eastern

d)

Northern and Western

22.

The Prime Meridian separates the Earth into what two hemispheres?

a)

Northern and Southern

b)

Western and Eastern

c)

Northern and Eastern

d)

Southern and Western

23.

Antarctica, Australia, and most of South America are in what hemisphere?

a)

Northern

b)

Southern

c)

Western

d)

Eastern

24.

North and South America are in what hemisphere?

a)

Northern

b)

Southern

c)

Western

d)

Eastern

25.

Europe, Asia and North America are in what hemisphere?

a)

Northern

b)

Southern

c)

Western

d)

Eastern

26.

What is the name of the line at zero degrees longitude?

a)

Equator

b)

Prime Meridian

c)

North Pole

d)

South Pole

27.

Information box on a map that explains what symbols on a map represent

a)

compass rose

b)

map key

c)

map scale

28.

Which of the following letter is at approximately 60 degrees S, 40 degrees W?

a)

A

b)

D

c)

E

d)

H

29.

What does number 1 represent?

a)

Legend/Key

b)

Compass Rose

c)

Title

d)

Inset Map

30.

What does number 5 represent?

a)

Legend/Key

b)

Compass Rose

c)

Title

d)

Inset Map

31.

Which letter would you find at 15^oS, 60^oW?

a)

A

b)

C

c)

L

d)

H

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.

What is the latitude of New Orleans?

a)

90*W

b)

30*N

c)

30*W

d)

90*E

39.

A _______________ is exactly half of the earth.

a)

Equator

b)

Hemisphere

c)

Tropic of Cancer

d)

Arctic Circle

40.

Which continent is in all four hemispheres?

a)

Asia

b)

Europe

c)

Antarctica

d)

Africa

41.

A scale model of the earth

a)

Physical map

b)

globe

c)

Political map
Political Map

d)

Bar Scale

42.

Lines that run east and west around the world. They are labeled as

\degree N\

or

\degree S

and are sometimes called "parallels"

a)

Latitude

b)

Longitude

c)

Equator

d)

Prime Meridian

43.

Using lines of latitude and longitude to find an exact location is...

a)

Absolute Location

b)

Relative Location

c)

Prime Meridian

d)

Place

44.

Relative location is...

a)

how to get to a place

b)

finding the location of a place by describing its location from another place

c)

not a real thing

d)

exactly where something is located

45.

Location D is located at which coordinates?

(a) (b) , (c) (d)

Choose from the below words

30°

N

90°

W

S

E

60°

45°

120°

75°

46.

Location H is located at which coordinates?

(a) (b) , (c) (d)

Choose from the below words

60°

N

120°

E

S

W

75°

180°

30°

47.

Location L is located at which coordinates?

(a) (b) , (c) (d)

Choose from the below words

15°

W

60°

S

N

E

45°

120°

30°

48.

Location C is located at which coordinates?

(a) , (b) (c)

Choose from the below words

0°

120°

E

N

S

W

60°

45°

30°

75°

49.

Location B is located at which coordinates?

(a) (b) , (c)

Choose from the below words

60°

N

0°

S

W

E

45°

30°

90°

120°

50.

Which point is located at 0°, 0°?

A

B

C

D

E

F

G

H

I

J

51.

Which point is located at 30° S, 150° E?

A

B

C

D

E

F

G

H

I

J

52.

Which point is located at 45° N, 105° W?

A

B

C

D

E

F

G

H

I

J

53.

Which point is located at 45° N, 30° E?

A

B

C

D

E

F

G

H

I

J

54.

Which point is located at 60° N, 180° E?

A

B

C

D

E

F

G

H

I

J

55.

Which point is located at 15° N, 15° W?

A

B

C

D

E

F

G

H

I

J

56.

You measure Longitude from the East or West of the Prime Meridian (0 degrees). True or False?

a)

True

b)

False

57.

Latitude is always measured (1)_________ or (2)__________ of the Equator (0 degrees).

a)

(1) North (2) South

b)

(1) East (2) West

58.

When writing coordinates, we write ____ first

a)

Latitude

b)

Longitude

c)

I don't know why you're asking us this, you never told us.

59.

Which continent is green?

a)

North America

b)

South America

c)

Asia

d)

Antarctica

60.

Which continent is pink?

a)

North America

b)

South America

c)

Asia

d)

Europe

61.

Which continent is purple?

a)

Europe

b)

Asia

c)

Austrailia

d)

North America

62.

What continent is light yellow?

a)

Africa

b)

Australia

c)

Antarctica

d)

Alaska

63.

What continents is dark yellow?

a)

United States

b)

South America

c)

North America

d)

Europe

64.

What continent is dark red?

a)

Africa

b)

South America

c)

Antarctica

d)

Europe

65.

What continent is blue?

a)

Australia

b)

Antarctica

c)

North America

d)

Asia

66.

What ocean is number 4?

a)

Atlantic

b)

Pacific

c)

Arctic

d)

Indian

67.

What ocean is number 1?

a)

Pacific

b)

Atlantic

c)

Southern (Antarctic)

d)

Indian

68.

What ocean is number 5?

a)

Indian

b)

Southern (Antarctic)

c)

Pacific

d)

Atlantic

69.

What ocean is number 2?

a)

Pacific

b)

Indian

c)

Arctic

d)

Atlantic

70.

What ocean is number 3?

a)

Arctic

b)

Pacific

c)

Indian

d)

Atlantic

71.

What is the name of the largest continent?

a)

Africa

b)

China

c)

Asia

d)

The Bahamas

72.

Which continent is this?

a)

Asia

b)

Africa

c)

Antacrtica

d)

North America

73.

Which Continent is this?

a)

North America

b)

South America

c)

Asia

d)

Africa

74.

Which continent is this?

a)

Africa

b)

Asia

c)

Europe

d)

North America

75.

Which continent is this?

a)

Africa

b)

South America

c)

Europe

d)

Asia

76.

Which continent is this?

a)

Africa

b)

South America

c)

Africa

d)

North America

77.

What continent?

a)

Africa

b)

Pandora

c)

Australia

d)

Asia

78.

Using the map key, which European country is represented by the color green?

a)

Britain

b)

Italy

c)

France

d)

Germany

79.

Organize these options into the right categories

Categorize the following

Language

Roads

Buildings

Traditions

Schools

Mountains

Rivers

Canyons

Volcanoes

Islands

Physical Geography

Human Geography

80.

What direction is this?

a)

west

b)

east

c)

south

d)

north

81.

Use the map key to answer the questions. The triangles are a symbol for?

a)

Mountains

b)

City

c)

Railroad

d)

River

82.

What direction is this?

a)

west

b)

east

c)

south

d)

north

83.

Scale is 1in = 8mi. Hatboro and Smithville are 24 miles apart on the map, how far apart are they?

a)

87 mi

b)

30 in

c)

6 in

d)

3 in

84.

From Denver to Chicago = 3 in. If the scale is 1 in = 300 miles, find the actual distance.

a)

300 miles

b)

1000 miles

c)

900 miles

d)

600 miles

85.

How many miles would 9 inches be on this map?

a)

10

b)

20

c)

30

d)

90

86.

What state is east of Illinois?

a)

North Carolina

b)

California

c)

Minnesota

d)

Arizona

87.

The hotel is ____________ of the zoo.

a)

North

b)

South

c)

East

d)

West

88.

The red question mark is located to the _________ of the compass rose.

a)

North

b)

Northeast

c)

Northwest

d)

East

89.

The red question mark is located to the _________ of the compass rose.

a)

Southwest

b)

Southeast

c)

South

d)

West

90.

The red question mark is located to the _________ of the compass rose.

a)

Northeast

b)

Southeast

c)

Northwest

d)

North

91.

In which direction would you have to travel to go from the bank to the hospital?

a)

North

b)

South

c)

East

d)

West

92.

New York is ______ of Texas.

a)

Northeast

b)

North

c)

Southwest

d)

South

93.

Why are there different types of map projections?

a)

to provide a different projection for different purpose

b)

to provide the same projection for the same purpose

94.

True or false: Globes provide a three-dimensional view of the Earth. They provide the most accurate view of the world, but have limitations in their use.

a)

True

b)

False

95.

What is this map's distortions?

a)

size is inaccurate

b)

shape of land masses are inaccurate

c)

bodies of water a too small

96.

Globes show more detail and are easier to transport than maps.

a)

True

b)

False

97.

All world map projections create distorted images of Earth to some degree. These distortions relate to size, shape, direction, and distance.

a)

True

b)

False

98.

All map projections are somehow incorrect.

a)

True

b)

False

99.

Why does distortion occur on every map?

a)

Cartographers are politically biased.

b)

GIS technology encourages errors.

c)

The 3D world cannot be accurately converted to 2D

Map Skills Unit Test

Total questions: 99

Worksheet time: 2hrs 5mins

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