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Geography skills review

Total questions: 35

Worksheet time: 12mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What major line is at 0 degrees Longitude?

a)

Prime Meridian

b)

Equator

c)

Tropic of Cancer

d)

Tropic of Capricorn

2.

What major line is at 0 degrees Latitude?

a)

Prime Meridian

b)

Equator

c)

Tropic of Cancer

d)

Tropic of Capricorn

3.

What part of the map compares the distance of the map to the distance of the Earth?

a)

Map Scale

b)

Compass Rose

c)

Legend

d)

Title

4.

What are the four cardinal directions?

a)

east, west, northeast, southeast

b)

northwest, southwest, northeast, southeast

c)

north, south, east, west

d)

north, northwest, southwest, south

5.

What is the name of this part of the map?

a)

Legend

b)

Title

c)

Compass Rose

d)

Map Scale

6.

Prime Meridian

a)

Divides the moon into quarters

b)

Shows which way to go during a storm.

c)

Divides the Earth into East and Western Hemisphere.

d)

Divides the Earth into North and South Hemisphere.

7.
The study of Earth and its peoples, places, and environments.
a)
Geography
b)
History
c)
Solstice
d)
Equinox
8.

 the lines on a map that run north to south (measured east to west)

a)

Meridian

b)
Latitude
c)
Equator
d)

Longitude

9.

the lines on a map that run east to west (measured north to south)

a)
Longitude lines
b)
Latitude lines
c)
Equator lines
d)
Prime Meridian lines
10.

What part of a map is pictured here?

a)
Legend
b)
Scale
c)
Compass Rose
d)
Title
11.
How many continents are on the Earth?
a)
7
b)
4
c)
5
d)
2
12.

What continent is this?

a)

Africa

b)

South America

c)

Australia

d)

Eurasia

13.

What continent is this?

a)

Africa

b)

South America

c)

Australia

d)

Antarctica

14.

What continent is this?

a)

Eurasia

b)

North America

c)

South America

d)

Australia

15.

What continent is this?

a)

Eurasia

b)

North America

c)

South America

d)

Australia

16.

What continent is this?

a)

Eurasia

b)

North America

c)

South America

d)

Australia

17.

What is this continent called?

a)

ASIA

b)

EUROPE

c)

SOUTH AMERICA

d)

ANTARCTICA

18.

Which continent is this?

a)

EUROPE

b)

NORTH AMERICA

c)

SOUTH AMERICA

d)

ASIA

19.
What shape is the planet Earth?
a)
Circle
b)
hemisphere
c)
sphere
d)
cone
20.

What continent/ocean/line is represented by the red star?

a)

Atlantic Ocean

b)

Indian Ocean

c)

Arctic Ocean

d)

Pacific Ocean

21.
What does letter A represent?
a)
Line of Latitude
b)
Line of Longitude
c)
Prime Meridian 
d)
International Dateline
22.
What does letter F represent?
a)
Line of Latitude
b)
Summer Solstice 
c)
Prime Meridian 
d)
International Dateline
23.
Identify the ocean at location #4
a)
Indian Ocean
b)
Pacific Ocean
c)
Arctic Ocean
d)
Atlantic Ocean
24.
Identify the ocean at location #1
a)
Southern Ocean
b)
Arctic Ocean
c)
Atlantic Ocean
d)
Indian Ocean
25.
Identify the ocean at location #2
a)
Indian Ocean
b)
Pacific Ocean
c)
Southern Ocean
d)
Arctic Ocean
26.
Identify the ocean at location #5
a)
Atlantic Ocean
b)
Southern Ocean
c)
Pacific Ocean
d)
Arctic Ocean
27.
Which of the following letter is at approximately 60 degrees S, 40 degrees W? 
a)
A
b)
D
c)
E
d)
H
28.
Latitude and Longitude are measured in______.
a)
kilometers
b)
degrees
c)
miles
d)
hours
29.
Which letter would you find at 15oS, 60oW?
a)
A
b)
C
c)
L
d)
H
30.
Which STATE is located at...
120°W, 45°N
a)
WA
b)
OR
c)
UT
d)
ND
31.
Which STATE is located at...
105°W, 47°N
a)
MT
b)
SD
c)
UT
d)
AZ
32.

What does the Map Title do?

a)

Tells what the map is about

b)

Lists symbols and explains their meaning

c)

Shows direction on a map

d)

Divides up space on a map

33.

What does the Map Legend / Key do?

a)

Tells what the map is about

b)

Lists symbols and explains their meaning

c)

Shows direction on a map

d)

Divides up space on a map

34.

What is a Hemisphere?

a)

Water that covers 70% of Earth

b)

Another name for a globe

c)

Half of the world

d)

Largest land area on Earth

35.

If you are traveling from Safe Beach to Uptown, what direction would you be traveling?

a)

South

b)

Southwest

c)

Northeast

d)

Northwest