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Map Skills

Total questions: 40

Worksheet time: 52mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
tells you the topic of a map, what the map is about
a)
Map Title 
b)
Map Key 
c)
Map Grid
d)
Compass Rose 
2.
shows what the symbols on the map stand for
a)
Map Title 
b)
Map Grid 
c)
Map Scale 
d)
Map Key
3.
Shows how distances on a map compare to distances on Earth
a)
Map Grid 
b)
Map Scale 
c)
Map Title 
d)
Map Key
4.
Which direction is commonly pointing to the top of the page on a map?
a)
North
b)
South
c)
East
d)
West
5.
What is the map scale used to figure out?
a)
the number of countries shown on the map
b)
which direction is north, south, east and west
c)
the real distance between places on the map
d)
what the map symbols mean
6.
This type of map shows cities, states, and countries
a)
physical map
b)
political map
c)
historical map
d)

topographic map

7.

What kind of map shows us the mountains, rivers, oceans and height of land? 

a)
political map
b)

topographic map

c)
economic activity map
d)

thematic map

8.
Maps use ______ that stand for things that are drawn on a map.
a)
symbols
b)
scales
c)
routes
d)
titles
9.

Identify this map.

a)

Population density map

b)

Zoning map

c)

Road map

d)

Physical map

10.
Identify this map
a)
Physical Map
b)
Climate Map
c)
Road Map
d)

Topographic Map

11.

What type of map is this?

a)

A physical map

b)

A political map

c)

A road map

d)

A topographical map

12.
What type of map does this image show?
a)
traffic map
b)
climate map
c)
weather map
d)
city map
13.

This map is an example of a . . .

a)

Population Map

b)

Thematic Map

c)

Climate Map

d)

Road Map

14.

This map is an example of a . . .

a)

Political Map

b)

Topographic Map

c)

Population Map

d)

Road Map

15.
Map scale shows what?
a)
directions
b)
cities
c)
distance
d)
time
16.

Which part of a map tells us what the map is about?

a)

Map Title

b)

Key/Legend

c)

Scale

d)

Compass point

17.

Which part of a map is used to find direction?

a)

Map Title

b)

Key/Legend

c)

Scale

d)

Compass Point

18.

Which part of a map is used to find out the meaning of symbols used on a map?

a)

Map Title

b)

Key/Legend

c)

Scale

d)

Compass Point

19.

If you were traveling from the Hotel to H-E-B, in which direction would you be traveling?

a)

North

b)

East

c)

South

d)

West

20.

If you were traveling from Six Flags to the school, in which direction would you be traveling?

a)

NNW

b)

NNE

c)

NWN

d)

NEN

21.

If you were traveling from School to the Hotel, in which direction would you be traveling?

a)

SWS

b)

SWW

c)

WWS

d)

WSW

22.

If you were traveling from H-E-B to the Bank, in which whole circle bearing (degree) would you be traveling?

a)

270

b)

180

c)

200

d)

225

23.

If you were traveling from the school to the McDonald's, in which whole circle bearing (degree) would you be traveling?

a)

100

b)

170

c)

135

d)

315

24.

A visitor was going from the hotel to the airport, in which whole circle bearing (degree) would he be traveling?

a)

180

b)

0

c)

360

d)

270

25.

After visiting the zoo, John was planning to go to the park before going home, in which reduced bearing (degree) would he be traveling?

a)

N 90 E

b)

N 0 E

c)

S 0 E

d)

S 90 E

26.

A tourist would like to go to the Six Flags from the hotel, in which reduced bearing (degree) would he be traveling?

a)

S 25 E

b)

S 65 E

c)

E 25 S

d)

E 65 S

27.

A student was injured in an accident and was sent to the hospital from the school, in which reduced bearing (degree) would the ambulance be traveling?

a)

S 180 E

b)

S 180 W

c)

S 0 E

d)

S 0 W

28.

What is the reduced bearing (degree) from the Bank to the Airport?

a)

S 65 E

b)

N 65 W

c)

S 25 E

d)

N 25 W

29.

What type of map is this?

a)

Political map

b)

Road map

c)

City street map

d)

Thematic map

30.

What type of map is this?

a)

Topographic map

b)

Political map

c)

Climate map

d)

Thematic map

31.

This map is an example of a . . .

a)

Political Map

b)

Topographic Map

c)

Landscape relief Map

d)

Road Map

32.

What are the Cardinal Directions?

a)

E, W

b)

N, S, E, W

c)

NE, SE, SW, NW

d)

All

33.

What does this sign represent?

a)

Side street

b)

Road under construction

c)

Footpath

d)

Tunnel

34.

What does this sign represent?

a)

Cultivation

b)

Country Park

c)

Woodland

d)

Urban streets

35.

What does this sign represent?

a)

Tropical forest

b)

Swamp

c)

Farmland

d)

Woodland

36.

What do these signs represent?

a)

Clinic / First aid station

b)

Clinic / Hospital

c)

Hospital / Clinic

d)

Hospital / First aid station

37.

What do these signs represent?

a)

School / Prison

b)

School / Police station

c)

Fire station / Police station

d)

Fire station / Prison

38.

What do these signs represent?

a)

Church / Temple

b)

Graveyard / City gate

c)

Monument / Temple

d)

Church / City gate

39.

What does this sign represent?

a)

Letter box

b)

School

c)

Mail box

d)

Post Office

40.

What do these signs represent?

a)

Radioactive site / Nuclear Power Plant

b)

Trigonometric statiion / Radioactive site

c)

Trigonometric station / Declared monument

d)

Radioactive site / Declared monument

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