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Maps & Globes Terminology

Total questions: 24

Worksheet time: 12mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is an imaginary line at zero degrees that runs from east to west?

a)

Meridian

b)

Hemisphere

c)

Equator

d)

Parallel

2.

What is half of the world called?

a)

Grid

b)

Hemisphere

c)

Region

d)

Scale bar

3.

What consists of imaginary lines that help us to determine location?

a)

Title

b)

Key

c)

Grid

d)

Compass rose

4.

What is another name for a line of latitude?

a)

Meridian

b)

Parallel

c)

Equator

d)

Region

5.

What shows how much space on a map represents a real distance?

a)

Title

b)

Scale bar

c)

Key

d)

Compass rose

6.

What tells you what kind of map it is?

a)

Title

b)

Key

c)

Grid

d)

Region

7.

What explains symbols and shading on a map?

a)

Compass rose

b)

Key

c)

Scale bar

d)

Title

8.

What is an area that shares common features?

a)

Hemisphere

b)

Region

c)

Grid

d)

Parallel

9.

What is the study of the earth’s surface and how people use it?

a)

Geography

b)

Movement

c)

Region

d)

Grid

10.

What shows N, S, E, or W on a map?

a)

Scale bar

b)

Compass rose

c)

Key

d)

Title

11.

What shows us how people, goods, and ideas move from place to place?

a)

Geography

b)

Movement

c)

Region

d)

Grid

12.

What is another name for a line of longitude?

a)

Equator

b)

Meridian

c)

Parallel

d)

Hemisphere

13.

What is the imaginary line at zero degrees that runs from north to south?

a)

Equator

b)

Tropic of Cancer

c)

Prime Meridian

d)

Tropic of Capricorn

14.

What is the relationship between people and their environment called?

a)

Human-environment interaction

b)

Cultural diffusion

c)

Ecosystem

d)

Urbanization

15.

What is a place's location in relation to another place called?

a)

Absolute location

b)

Relative location

c)

Global positioning

d)

Geographic location

16.

What type of map shows a larger area than the main map?

a)

Political map

b)

Locator map

c)

Climate map

d)

Topographic map

17.

What are lines that run from east to west called?

a)

Longitude

b)

Equator

c)

Latitude

d)

Meridian

18.

What are lines that run from north to south called?

a)

Latitude

b)

Longitude

c)

Equator

d)

Parallel

19.

What identifies a place by its natural/physical and human features?

a)

Location

b)

Region

c)

Place

d)

Territory

20.

What shows us where something is?

a)

Map

b)

Location

c)

Compass

d)

Scale

21.

What are features such as landforms, bodies of water, and climate called?

a)

Human features

b)

Cultural features

c)

Natural features

d)

Economic features

22.

What are features such as people, language, and culture called?

a)

Natural features

b)

Human features

c)

Physical features

d)

Environmental features

23.

What is a place's exact position on Earth called?

a)

Relative location

b)

Absolute location

c)

Geographic location

d)

Precise location

24.

What is another name for the map key?

a)

Index

b)

Legend

c)

Scale

d)

Compass rose