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Globe and Map Skills Quiz English

Total questions: 19

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is a map?

a)

A drawing of places around the world.

b)

A type of globe.

c)

A tool for measuring temperature.

d)

A list of countries.

2.

Who is a cartographer?

a)

A person who creates globes.

b)

A person who studies animals.

c)

A person who creates maps.

d)

A person who writes books.

3.

What is used to find a place’s absolute location in a city?

a)

An address

b)

A compass rose

c)

A legend

d)

A scale

4.

What do the letters and numbers in a grid system label?

a)

The elevation.

b)

The population.

c)

The weather.

d)

The grid lines.

5.

Which map would help you understand where people live in the United States?

a)

Physical map

b)

Population map

c)

Climate map

d)

Historical map

6.

Which of the following is NOT a climate zone?

a)

Desert

b)

Tropical

c)

Urban

d)

Polar

7.

Which map would show how the political map of the United States has changed from 1860 to the present?

a)

Historical map

b)

Physical map

c)

Climate map

d)

Population map

8.

What type of map would you use to analyze average temperature, precipitation, wind, and rain in an area?

a)

Population map

b)

Political map

c)

Climate map

d)

Historical map

9.

What do the grid lines on a map indicate?

a)

Where a place is located

b)

The height of mountains

c)

The depth of oceans

d)

The color of the land

10.

Which state is located at G, 9?

a)

Colorado

b)

New Mexico

c)

Nevada

d)

Arizona

11.

What coordinates could you use to identify the location of Oregon?

a)

D, 5

b)

G, 9

c)

F, 5

d)

J, 4

12.

Which ocean borders the state located at G, 18?

a)

Pacific Ocean

b)

Atlantic Ocean

c)

Indian Ocean

d)

Arctic Ocean

13.

Which state was the site of the first battle of the American Civil War, located at G, 16?

a)

North Carolina

b)

Virginia

c)

Georgia

d)

South Carolina

14.

What is the purpose of using both numbers and letters along the margins of a map?

a)

To help find a place’s location

b)

To show the climate

c)

To indicate the language spoken

d)

To display the capital city

15.
Climate zones at high latitudes (close to the poles) are generally
a)
Wet
b)
Cold
c)
Windy
d)
Temperate
16.

What climate zone is Arizona?

a)

Mediterranean

b)

Highland

c)

Arid

d)

Tropical

17.

In a _____________________ climate, it is extremely cold. Even in summer, the temperatures never go higher than 50℉

a)

Continental

b)

Dry

c)

Polar

d)

Temperate

e)

Tropical

18.

Which of the following is an example of a physical geography topic?

a)

Urban development

b)

Language distribution

c)

Mountain formation

d)

Trade routes

19.

What does a political map show?

a)

Countries

b)

states/cities

c)

capitals

d)

All of the above