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Parts of Map Review

Total questions: 22

Worksheet time: 13mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What kind of map shows the natural features of an area?

a)

Population

b)

Political

c)

World

d)

Physical

2.

Which set contains only highlands?

a)

valley, mountain, plain

b)

plain, hill, mountain

c)

plateau, mountain, hill

d)

valley, hill, mountain

3.

In the diagram below, which landform is identified by the arrow?

(a)  

4.

The natural breaking down of rocks, soil and minerals into sediments is called _______________.

a)

Weathering

b)

Sedimentation

c)

Erosion

d)

deposition

5.

Deforestation may cause all the following EXCEPT

a)

increase rainfall

b)

a)   loss of natural habitat

c)

a)   excess carbon dioxide in the air

d)

soil erosion

6.

The most important line that runs from east to west is called_______?

a)

Tropic of cancer

b)

Tropic of Cancer

c)

Equator

d)

Prime Meridian

7.

The 0° line of longitude is called (a)   ? 

8.

The ______________ is located in the Southern hemisphere. 

a)

Equator

b)

Prime Meridian

c)

Tropic of Cancer

d)

Tropic of Capricorn

e)

Antartic Circle

9.

I am a line that is neither in the northern nor southern hemisphere.

a)

Equator

b)

Prime Meridian

c)

Tropic of Cancer

d)

South Pole

10.

Latitude and longitude lines are imaginary lines. Which is not a line of latitude?

Equator, Tropic of Cancer, Tropic of Capricorn, Greenwich Meridian



(a)  

11.

Which pair of latitude lines have the same measurement in the northern and southern hemispheres?

a)

Arctic Circle, Equator

b)

Tropic of Capricorn, Equator

c)

Antarctic Circle, Equator

d)

Tropic of Cancer, Tropic of Capricorn

12.

Which states Jamaica's exact location?

 

a)

18° S  77° W

b)

18° N  77° W

c)

18° W  88° N

d)

17° N  87° E

13.

The point that goes between west and north is (a)   ?

14.

Lines of latitude are ___________?

a)

oblique

b)

parallel

c)

vertical

d)

diagonal

15.

Which countries is in the southern and eastern hemispheres

a)

Australia

b)

Europe

c)

Central America

d)

South America

16.

The distance from Point A to Point B on a map is 5cm.

Given that 1 cm = 250 km. What is the actual distance from Point A to Point B?

a)

1250 km

b)

1250

c)

1250 cm

d)

255 km

17.

Which latitude line is furthest south, measuring 66.5 °?

 

 Arctic Circle

Antarctic Circle

Tropic of Cancer

Tropic of Capricorn

(a)  

18.

What is the main function of the equator?

a)

I have no idea

b)

to separate the earth into Northern and Southern Hemispheres

c)

to separate the earth into eastern and western Hemispheres

d)

to calculate time

19.

Which island lies east of Jamaica?

 

a)

 

 Cuba

b)

 Panama

c)

Cayman Island

d)

Hispaniola

20.

On a map, 23° N and 76° W are called (a)   .

21.

Bonaire co-ordinates are __________?

a)

12° N 69° W

b)

66° N 18° W

c)

66° N 18° W

d)

8° N 66° W

22.

The residents of the Common Sense Community are constantly being flooded out when it rains.  To whom should they first report this problem? 

 

a)

The mayor

b)

The Prime Minister

c)

The member of parliament

d)

The Councillor for the area