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Map Reading Review - Direction, Scales and Contours

Total questions: 38

Worksheet time: 58mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

How many map scales are there?

a)

3

b)

6

c)

9

d)

12

2.

Map scales are used to measure _____________.

a)

direction

b)

distance

c)

symbols

d)

decimals

3.

What type of scale is shown?

2 inches = 20 miles

a)

Representative Fraction Scale

b)

Linear Scale

c)

Word Scale

4.

What type of scale is shown?

5: 6 000 000 000

a)

Representative Fraction Scale

b)

Linear Scale

c)

Word Scale

5.

What type of scale is shown?

a)

Representative Fraction Scale

b)

Linear Scale

c)

Word Scale

6.
What is the purpose of a map scale?
a)
To weigh the political power of the states
b)
To show where things are located on the map
c)
Compare the distance measured on the map to the actual distance on Earth
d)
To show how large the map is
7.
What does a map’s scale compare?
a)
direction on a map with direction on Earth
b)
distance on a map with distance on Earth
c)
location on a map with location on a globe
d)
distortion on a map with distortion on a globe
8.

Map scale is...

a)

The difference in elevation between two areas

b)

The system used to transfer locations from a globe to a map.

c)

The relationship between the length of a feature's size on the map and it's actual size on Earth.

d)

The ratio of the largest country to the smallest on the map

9.

1:26,000 is an example of what kind of scale?

a)

Written

b)

Bar Line

c)

Ratio

d)

Metric

10.

If the scale on a map is 1:300,000 then 1 Centimeter on the map represents _______ on Earth's Surface.

a)

1 Kilometer

b)

30, 000 Kilometers

c)

300,000 Kilometers

d)

300 Kilometers

11.

What does a map’s scale help to determine?

a)

The political boundaries of a region

b)

The actual distance between two points on the map

c)

The population density of a region

d)

The climate of a region

12.

______________________ are lines that connect areas of the same elevation and eventually form a closed loop.

a)

contour lines

b)

parallel lines

c)

intersecting lines

d)

relief lines

13.

_____________ is the height above sea level.

a)

elevation

b)

relief

c)

contour

d)

topography

14.
What do contour lines that are farther apart represent?
a)
waterfall
b)
steep area
c)
gentle slope
d)
river
15.

The distance between contour lines is called...

a)

Contour interval

b)

Contour line

c)

Colors

d)

Mountains

16.

Walk from point A to point C on this map. Your trip

a)

is all down hill

b)

is all up hill

c)

is down hill then up hill

d)

is up hill then down hill

17.

What is the elevation of Point A?

(a)  

18.

What is the elevation of point C?

(a)  

19.

What is the contour interval on this map?

(a)  

20.

Where is the steepest slope?

a)

A

b)

B

c)

C

d)

D

e)

E

21.

Where is the flattest area?

a)

A

b)

B

c)

C

d)

D

e)

E

22.
What is the difference in elevation between Point X and Point Y?
a)
120 m
b)
240 m
c)
360 m
d)
340 m
23.

If sea level always equals (0), and the contour interval is 10 feet how tall is this mountain?

a)

30 ft

b)

40 ft

c)

50 ft

d)

60 ft

24.
Determine the contour interval:
a)
5 m
b)
10 m
c)
15 m
d)
20 m
25.
What is the contour interval on this map?
a)
100
b)
10
c)
15
d)
20
26.
The hotel is ____________ of the zoo.
a)
North 
b)
South
c)
East
d)
West
27.
In which direction would you have to travel to go from the bank to the hospital?
a)
North
b)
South
c)
East
d)
West
28.

What is the special mnemonic

we use to remember the cardinal

directions?

a)

even swans nest Wednesdays

b)

never eat soggy weetbix

c)

we never end school

d)

every night we sing

29.
Which answer is not a Cardinal
direction?
a)
North
b)
East
c)
Northeast
d)
South
30.

What cardinal direction goes in the yellow box?

a)

east

b)

west

c)

south

d)

north

31.

What cardinal direction goes in the yellow box?

a)

north

b)

south

c)

east

d)

west

32.

What cardinal direction goes in the yellow box?

a)

northeast

b)

southwest

c)

north

d)

south

33.

What cardinal direction goes in the yellow box?

a)

west

b)

east

c)

southeast

d)

northwest

34.

In which direction would you have to travel to go from city hall to the bowling alley?

a)
North
b)
South
c)
East
d)
West
35.

What does the four main points on the compass is called?

a)

Direction points

b)

cardinal points

c)

regional points

36.

What direction would this person be traveling?

a)

N

b)

E

c)

S

d)

W

37.

What direction would this person be traveling?

a)

N

b)

E

c)

S

d)

W

38.

What direction would this person be traveling?

a)

N

b)

E

c)

S

d)

W