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Maps and Map skills

Total questions: 27

Worksheet time: 14mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
What is the name of the symbol that shows cardinal and intermediate directions?
a)
Key 
b)
Scale
c)
Title
d)
Compass Rose
2.
If I said that Luckey is about 20 minutes southwest of Genoa, what kind of location would I be relaying to you?
a)
Abolute
b)
General 
c)
Exact
d)
Relative
3.
What kind of map would you use to find elevation and landforms?
a)
Physical 
b)
Political
c)
Climate
d)
Historical
4.
What kind of map would you use to find mountain ranges?
a)
Political
b)
Population
c)
Physical 
d)
Climate
5.
The Earth can be divided into how many hemispheres?
a)
2
b)
3
c)
4
d)
5
6.
What is the name of this line at 0 degrees latitude?
a)
Prime Meridian
b)
Equator
c)
North Pole
d)
South Pole
7.
a)
The map show the lines of longitude.
b)
The map shows the lines of latitude.
8.
a)
The map shows lines of longitude.
b)
The map shows lines of latitude.
9.
What type of map shows borders between states and countries?
a)
Road Map
b)
Physical Map
c)
Time Zone Map
d)
Political Map
10.

What is the name of the continent labeled number 3?

a)
North America
b)
Antarctica 
c)
South Pole 
d)
Europe 
11.

What is the name of the continent labeled number 4?

a)
North America
b)
Europe
c)
South Pole 
d)
Africa
12.

What is the name of the continent labeled number 5?

a)
Australia  
b)
Africa
c)
Asia
d)
Europe 
13.

What is the name of the continent labeled number 6?

a)
Australia  
b)
Africa
c)
Asia
d)
Europe 
14.

What is the name of the continent labeled number 7?

a)
Australia  
b)
Africa
c)
Asia
d)
Europe 
15.

What is the name of the ocean labeled number 8?

a)
Atlantic Ocean 
b)
Indian Ocean
c)
Pacific Ocean
d)
Arctic Ocean 
16.

What is the name of the ocean labeled number 9?

a)
Atlantic Ocean 
b)
Indian Ocean
c)
Pacific Ocean 
d)
Arctic  Ocean
17.

What is the name of the ocean labeled number 10?

a)
Atlantic Ocean 
b)
Indian Ocean
c)
Pacific Ocean 
d)
Arctic  Ocean
18.

What is the name of the ocean labeled number 11?

a)
Atlantic Ocean 
b)
Northern Ocean
c)
Pacific Ocean 
d)
Arctic  Ocean
19.

What is the name of the ocean labeled number 12?

a)
Atlantic Ocean 
b)
Indian Ocean
c)
Pacific Ocean 
d)
Southern  Ocean
20.
Which letter represents The Southern Ocean? 
a)
F
b)
J
c)
A
d)
D
21.

The equator divides the Earth into what two hemispheres?

a)

Eastern and Southern

b)

Northern and Southern

c)

Western and Eastern

d)

Northern and Western

22.
Lines of Longitude run from the _____ to the ______.
a)
East, West
b)
North, South
c)
South, East
d)
North, West
23.
Latitude lines run from the _____ to the  _______.
a)
West, East
b)
North, South
c)
North, East
d)
South, West
24.

Lines of longitude run ___________

a)

Vertically

b)

Horizontally

c)

5 k's

d)

In circles

25.

Lines of latitude run ___________

a)

Vertically

b)

Horizontally

c)

Backwards

d)

Marathons

26.

Longitude measures how far ________ or ________ a location is.

a)

North or South

b)

East or West

c)

6 degrees of separation

d)

Close or far

27.

Latitude measures how far ________ or ________ a location is.

a)

North or South

b)

East or West

c)

Up or Down

d)

Near or Far