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Geography Skills Quiz

Total questions: 70

Worksheet time: 1hrs 22mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
What is the name of this line at 0 degrees latitude?
a)
Prime Meridian
b)
Equator
c)
North Pole
d)
South Pole
2.
What is the name of the line at zero degrees longitude?
a)
Equator
b)
Prime Meridian
c)
North Pole
d)
South Pole
3.
What is the approximate location of G?
a)
100oW, 40oN
b)
40oN, 100oW
c)
40oS, 100oW
d)
40oN, 100oE
4.
Which of the following letter is at approximately 60 degrees S, 40 degrees W? 
a)
A
b)
D
c)
E
d)
H
5.
a)
The map show the lines of longitude.
b)
The map shows the lines of latitude.
6.
a)
The map shows lines of longitude.
b)
The map shows lines of latitude.
7.
This latitude line is 23.5 degrees south of the equator.
a)
Latitude
b)
Gulf of Mexico
c)
Tropic of Capricorn
d)
Tropic of Cancer
8.
As you travel from west to east, does it get later or earlier?
a)
Earlier
b)
Later
9.
What is the name of this line at 0 degrees latitude?
a)
Prime Meridian
b)
Equator
c)
North Pole
d)
South Pole
10.
What is the name of the line at zero degrees longitude?
a)
Equator
b)
Prime Meridian
c)
North Pole
d)
South Pole
11.
Lines of Latitude can be measured up to what degree?
a)
150 degrees
b)
180 degrees
c)
90 degrees
d)
100 degrees
12.
Lines of Longitude run from the _____ to the ______.
a)
East, West
b)
North, South
c)
South, East
d)
North, West
13.
The equator breaks the Earth into what two hemispheres?
a)
Eastern and Southern
b)
Northern and Southern
c)
Western and Eastern
d)
Northern and Western
14.
The Prime Meridian separates the Earth into what two hemispheres?
a)
Northern and Southern
b)
Western and Eastern
c)
Northern and Eastern
d)
Southern and Western
15.
Antarctica, Australia, and most of South America are in what hemisphere? 
a)
Northern 
b)
Southern 
c)
Western 
d)
Eastern
16.
North and South America are in what hemisphere?
a)
Northern
b)
Southern
c)
Western
d)
Eastern
17.
Lines of longitude are also called  ____________.
a)
Hemispheres
b)
Meridians
c)
parallels
d)
International Date Lines
18.

The country located at 60 degrees North, 120 degrees West is

a)

Canada

b)

Alaska

c)

USA

d)

Mexico

19.
Primary unit used to measure latitude and longitude.
a)
nanosecond
b)
feet
c)
liters
d)
degrees
20.

Location H is located at which coordinates?

a)

60oN, 120oE

b)

90oN, 30oE

c)

10oS, 40oW

d)

30oN, 90oE

21.

Which is the largest park in the Rocky Mountains of Alberta?

a)

Banff

b)

Elk Island

c)

Wood Buffalo

d)

Jasper

22.

This National Park is in the Canadian shield.

a)

Jasper National Park

b)

Elk Island National Park

c)

Waterton National Park

d)

Wood Buffalo National Park

23.

It was first a fur trading post in 1813. It became a national park in 1907 and had the railway go through it by 1911

a)

Banff National Park

b)

Jasper National Park

c)

Waterton National Park

d)

Dinosaur Provincial Park

24.

This is Canada’s first national park established in 1855 and it is the most visited in Western Canada.

a)

Jasper National Park

b)

Dinosaur Provincial Park

c)

Elk Island National Park

d)

Banff National Park

25.

It was started in 1906 to protect a herd of elk. At the time that small herd was one of the last in Canada! In 1907 bison were brought to the park as well.

a)

Waterton National Park

b)

Dinosaur Provincial Park

c)

Elk Island National Park

d)

Wood Buffalo National Park

26.

This National Park is part of the traditional territory and a place of significance for the Blackfoot and other Indigenous peoples in Southern Alberta.

a)

Waterton National Park

b)

Banff National Park

c)

Jasper National Park

d)

Wood Buffalo National Park

27.

Designated a UNESCO World Heritage site, it is home to free-roaming wood bison herds, the nesting habitat for endangered whooping cranes, and the world’s largest beaver dam.

a)

Elk Island Nation Park

b)

Wood Buffalo Nation Park

c)

Jasper Nation Park

d)

Dinosaur Provincial Park

28.

This park contains some of the most important fossil specimens discovered

a)

Jasper National Park

b)

Banff National Park

c)

Dinosaur Provincial Park

d)

Waterton National Park

29.

Why do we have protected areas?

a)

To protect the people that live there.

b)

So the Canadian and Albertan government can make money.

c)

So people can enjoy the landscape, wildlife and plants.

d)

To protect the campgrounds.

30.

What are national parks?

a)

They are owned and managed by the Alberta government.

b)

They are owned and managed by the people who live there.

c)

They are owned and managed by wildlife officers.

d)

They are owned and managed by the Canadian government.

31.

What is the grid reference for point A?

a)

345135

b)

355345

c)

135345

32.

What are the reference numbers that appear first in a grid reference?

a)

Northings

b)

Eastlings

c)

Northlings

d)

Eastings

33.

The horizontal lines in a grid are known as...

a)

Eastings

b)

Northings

34.

What point is located at 176322?

a)

B

b)

D

c)

C

d)

A

35.

What is the interval of the above contour map?

a)

10 meters

b)

5 meters

c)

1 meter

d)

20 meters

36.

What is the height of point Y?

a)

30 meters

b)

29 meters

c)

30 meters above sea level

d)

29 meters above sea level

37.

Which side of the landform is steeper

a)

North

b)

East

c)

South

d)

West

38.

Is the spot height shown on the contour map?

a)

Yes

b)

No

39.
What is the basic rule for reading grid coordinates on a map?
a)
Read down then right
b)
Read right then up
c)
Read left then down
d)
Read up then left
40.

What is the location of the Hospital?

(a)  

41.

What is the 6 digit military grid reference for the School.

a)

724325

b)

325773

c)

326732

d)

732325

42.

Which of the following uses words to describe the relationship between a distance on a map and a specific distance on Earth's surface?

a)

Line Scale

b)

Marking Scale

c)

Representative Fraction Scale

d)

Direct Statement

43.

Which of the following uses a special kind of ruler that is divided into units of distance?

a)

A direct statement scale

b)

A Line Scale

c)

A Representative Fraction Scale

d)

A Marker Scale

44.

Which of the following best represents a ratio where 1 unit on the map represents a certain number of the same units on the Earth's surface?

a)

A Representative Fraction Scale

b)

A Line Scale

c)

A Marker Scale

d)

A Direct Statement Scale

45.

How many kilometers does 1000000 cm represent?

(a)  

46.
The height above sea level is called
a)
topographic
b)
contour
c)
elevation
d)
depth
47.
If contour lines are close together, then the slope is
a)
gentle
b)
steep
c)
flat
d)
going up and down
48.
What are the curved lines on a topographic map called?
a)
contour lines
b)
contour intervals
c)
slope
d)
elevation
49.
Determine the contour interval:
a)
5 m
b)
10 m
c)
15 m
d)
20 m
50.
What do contour lines that are farther apart represent?
a)
waterfall
b)
steep area
c)
gentle slope
d)
river
51.

What is elevation?

a)

Height

b)

An elevator

c)

The width

52.

The distance between contour lines is called...

a)

Contour interval

b)

Contour line

c)

Colors

d)

Mountains

53.

The steepness or flatness of Earth's Surface

a)

Topography

b)

Topographic Map

c)

Contour Lines

d)

Contour interval

54.

A map that shows the surface features of Earth

a)

Road Map

b)

Topographic map

c)

water map

d)

hybrid map

55.
In which direction is Mill River flowing?
a)
Southeast
b)
Southwest
c)
Northeast
d)
Northwest
56.
What is the elevation of Y?
a)
Between 120-140 meters
b)
Between 100-120 meters
c)
Between 140-160 meters
d)
Between 80-100 meters
57.
What is the elevation of Y?
a)
Between 120-140 meters
b)
Between 100-120 meters
c)
Between 140-160 meters
d)
Between 80-100 meters
58.
What is the highest elevation on this map?
a)
Over 320 meters
b)
Over 450 meters
c)
Over 220 meters
d)
Over 380 meters
59.

1 m = __________ cm

a)

10

b)

100

c)

1000

d)

100 000

60.

1km = ___________ m

a)

10

b)

100

c)

1000

d)

100 000

61.

1km = _______________ cm

a)

10

b)

100

c)

1000

d)

100 000

62.

The scale of a street map is 1 : 5000.

Find the actual distance, in metres,

for 4 cm on the map.

a)

0.2

b)

2

c)

20

d)

200

63.

What type of map is this?

a)

Political Map

b)

Physical Map

c)

Demographic Map

d)

Ozone Map

64.

What tool on a map shows you the directions?

a)

scale

b)

key

c)

legend

d)

compass rose

65.

What type of map is this?

a)

political map

b)

physical map

c)

Mercator Map

d)

Robinson Map

66.

What tool helps you compare sizes of models to real objects?

a)

scale

b)

distortion

c)

compass rose

d)

key

67.
Which line is drawn across a steeper slope?
a)
A
b)
B
68.
Which point is the flattest?
a)
A
b)
B
c)
C
d)
D
69.

Which hill is steeper?

a)

A

b)

B

70.
What is the contour interval shown?
a)
10 m
b)
20 m
c)
30 m
d)
40 m

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