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Map Skills #3
Contribuido por: Sykes
  • 1. Another name for a map legend is a
A) scale
B) title
C) publisher
D) key
  • 2. A scale model of the Earth is a
A) political map
B) map
C) sphere
D) globe
  • 3. Something on a map that represents something on Earth is a
A) legend
B) key
C) scale
D) symbol
  • 4. 2 dimensional maps may be distorted because of
A) scales
B) legends
C) mercators
D) projections
  • 5. Latitude lines are
A) used to determine time zones
B) lines that run north and south
C) parallel to each other
D) numbered up to 180 degrees
  • 6. Longitude lines are
A) parallel to the equator
B) equal in distance to each other
C) lines that run east and west
D) known as meridians
  • 7. A map that shows man-made features is a
A) Mercator map
B) thematic map
C) political map
D) physical map
  • 8. Longitude lines are measure from
A) Equator
B) International Dateline
C) Prime Meridian
D) North Pole
  • 9. Geography is the study of
A) the Earth
B) the Earth, moon, and sun
C) the Earth and the people living on it
D) maps and globes
  • 10. A series of crisscrossing lines on a map, identified by numbers and letters is known as a
A) GPS
B) grid
C) legend
D) latitude and longitude
  • 11. One half of the Earth is known as a
A) sphere
B) hemisphere
C) geosphere
D) biosphere
  • 12. A direction indicator on a map showing the cardinal and intermediate directions is called a
A) compass rose
B) direction arrow
C) directional spinner
D) compass indicator
  • 13. Latitude and Longitude lines are measured in
A) hours
B) kilometers
C) degrees
D) miles
  • 14. A drawing of all or part of the earth on a flat surface is a
A) map
B) diagram
C) chart
D) globe
  • 15. The distance east or west of the Prime Meridian is shown by
A) latitude
B) longitude
C) parallels
D) great circles
  • 16. Which of these tells you the distance north or south of the Equator
A) International Dateline
B) meridians
C) latitude
D) longitude
  • 17. Which of these lines divide the Earth into the northern and southern hemisphere?
A) Tropic of Cancer
B) Tropic of Capricorn
C) Equator
D) Prime Meridian
  • 18. Which of these run north and south, form pole to pole?
A) projections
B) latitude lines
C) parallels
D) meridians
  • 19. What type of map would show land forms?
A) thematic
B) physical
C) political
D) specialty
  • 20. Which is NOT a land form?
A) river
B) boundary
C) butte
D) mountain
  • 21. A mapmaker is also called a
A) Mercator
B) projector
C) cartographer
D) geographer
  • 22. The largest ocean on the Earth is the
A) Pacific
B) Arctic
C) Indian
D) Atlantic
  • 23. The smallest continent on the Earth is
A) Antarctica
B) Europe
C) Australia
D) Asia
  • 24. Ratio and Proportions are used to form the map's
A) colors
B) orientation
C) scale
D) type
  • 25. Capital cities and country boundaries are shown on
A) specialty maps
B) physical maps
C) political maps
D) relief maps
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Map/Globe Vocabulary
Geography Terms
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