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Geography Vocabulary Quiz

Total questions: 16

Worksheet time: 8mins

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Class
Date
1.

What are the cardinal directions?

a)

North, South, East, and West

b)

Up, Down, Left, and Right

c)

Forward, Backward, Sideways, and Diagonal

d)

Above, Below, Inside, and Outside

2.

What does a compass rose on a map show?

a)

The distance between cities

b)

The directions

c)

The population of a country

d)

The weather patterns

3.

What is a continent?

a)

A small island

b)

A large area of land with many countries

c)

A type of ocean

d)

A mountain range

4.

What is the equator?

a)

A river that flows through Europe

b)

An imaginary line that circles the middle of Earth

c)

A mountain range in Asia

d)

A type of weather pattern

5.

What is a hemisphere?

a)

A) A type of map

b)

B) A direction on a compass

c)

C) Half of the Earth, divided by the equator or prime meridian

d)

D) A type of landform

6.

What does a historical map show?

a)

A) The current political boundaries

b)

B) What a place looked like or how it was used in the past

c)

C) The weather patterns of a region

d)

D) The types of vegetation in an area

7.

What are intermediate directions?

a)

A) Directions like north and south

b)

B) Directions like northeast and southwest, between the cardinal directions

c)

C) Directions used only in navigation

d)

D) Directions that are not used on maps

8.

What does a landform map show?

a)

A) The political boundaries of countries

b)

B) Features like mountains, valleys, and plains on Earth's surface

c)

C) The population density of a region

d)

D) The climate zones of the world

9.

What is a locator on a map?

a)

A tool to measure distance

b)

A small box showing where the main map is located

c)

A symbol for mountains

d)

A type of compass

10.

What does a map key explain?

a)

The distance between two points

b)

The symbols and colors used on a map

c)

The direction of north

d)

The type of terrain

11.

What is an ocean?

a)

A small lake

b)

A large river

c)

A huge body of salt water

d)

A mountain range

12.

What does a physical map show?

a)

Political boundaries

b)

Natural features like rivers, mountains, and lakes

c)

Population density

d)

Weather patterns

13.

What does a political map show?

a)

Weather patterns

b)

Boundaries like countries, states, and cities

c)

Types of vegetation

d)

Population density

14.

What is the purpose of a scale on a map?

a)

To show the direction of the wind

b)

To measure the real distance between places

c)

To indicate the temperature

d)

To display the time zones

15.

What does a symbol on a map represent?

a)

A type of weather

b)

A picture or shape that stands for something, like a star for a capital city

c)

The depth of the ocean

d)

The height of a mountain

16.

What information does a transportation map provide?

a)

Locations of historical sites

b)

Types of soil

c)

Roads, train lines, or other ways to travel from one place to another

d)

Average rainfall