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Lesson 1 Review QUIZ: The Tools of Geography

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 13mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What does the relative location of a place tell you?

a)

the longitude and latitude of a place

b)

which symbol shows a place on a map

c)

where a place is compared to another place

d)

the map projection being used to show a place

2.

What does the absolute location of a place tell you?

a)

the longitude and latitude of a place

b)

which symbol shows a place on a map

c)

where a place is compared to another place

d)

the map projection being used to show a place

3.

Lines that run parallel to the equator, measure north and south.

a)

longitude

b)

latitude

c)

Prime Meridian

d)

absolute location

4.

Lines that run meet at the poles, measure east and west.

a)

longitude

b)

latitude

c)

Prime Meridian

d)

absolute location

5.

What do geographers use to find the absolute location of any place on Earth?

a)

latitude and longitude

b)

map legend

c)

map scale

d)

compass rose

6.

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

7.

What map feature is indicated by letter A?

a)

Compass Rose

b)

Grid

c)

Title

d)

Scale

8.

What map feature is indicated by letter B?

a)
A. Compass Rose
b)
B. Grid
c)

C. Title

d)
D. Scale
9.

What map feature is indicated by letter C?

a)

Compass Rose

b)

Grid

c)

Title

d)

Scale

10.

What map feature is indicated by letter D?

a)

Compass Rose

b)

Grid

c)

Key

d)

Scale

11.

What map feature is indicated by letter E?

a)

Compass Rose

b)

Grid

c)

Key

d)

Scale

12.

What map feature is located at G4?

a)

Gold Discovery Site

b)

James Marshall Monument

c)

Monument Trail

d)

Monroe Ridge Trail

13.

What map feature is located at B5?

a)

Gold Discovery Site

b)

James Marshall Monument

c)

Monument Trail

d)

Monroe Ridge Trail

14.

What map feature is located at J7?

a)

foot path

b)

picnic area

c)

historical monument

d)

park building

15.

What city is located at approximately 34° S latitude, 18° E longitude?

a)

Santiago

b)

Rio de Janeiro

c)

Mombasa

d)

Cape Town

16.

What city is located at approximately 19° North latitude, 99° West longitude?

a)

Los Angeles

b)

Mexico City

c)

London

d)

Rio de Janeiro

17.

What city is approximately 10 miles southwest of Washington, D.C.?

a)

Annandale

b)

Arlington

c)

Bethesda

d)

Camp Spring

18.

What is located East of the Smithsonian Institute?

a)

White House

b)

Holocaust Museum

c)

Capitol Building

d)

Washington Monument

19.

Which hemispheres is Asia located in?

a)

Northern and Eastern

b)

Northern and Western

c)

Northern, Eastern, and Southern

d)

All four

20.

Which hemispheres is Africa located in?

a)

Northern and Eastern

b)

Northern and Western

c)

Northern, Eastern, and Southern

d)

All four

21.

Which hemispheres is North America located in?

a)

Northern and Eastern

b)

Northern and Western

c)

Northern, Eastern, and Southern

d)

All four

22.

What is true about the Mercator projection?

a)

It distorts the size of countries.

b)

It distorts the shape of countries.

c)

It distorts distance.

d)

It is the most accurate map that we have.

23.

Which city is located south of 15° N latitude and east of 45° E longitude? (Pick two.)

a)

Mumbai

b)

Melbourne

c)

Shanghai

d)

Jakarta

e)

Mombasa

24.

Which city is located North of 23° N latitude and West of 45° W longitude? (Pick two.)

a)

Mexico City

b)

Los Angeles

c)

Quebec City

d)

Rio de Janeiro

e)

London

25.

How many hemispheres are there in the world?

a)

1

b)

2

c)

3

d)

4