Unit 1 Test Maps
  • 1. Use the United States Map pg 54. Find the distance and direction of travel from Phoenix, Arizona to Boise, Idaho.
A) 700 miles South East
B) 550 miles North West
C) 550 miles South East
D) 700 miles North West
  • 2. What is an advantage of a globe?
A) Distorts distance
B) easy to carry around
C) Distorts area
D) True distance
  • 3. What are the 4 parts of a map?
A) Key, Title, Compass Rose, Large Scale
B) Key, Tiltle, Scale, Compass Rose
C) Title, Compass Rose, Key, Small Scale
  • 4. Where do I look on a map to find symbols?
A) Compass Rose
B) Scale
C) Boundary Lines
D) Title
E) Key
  • 5. Russia is one of the 7 continents
A) True
B) False
  • 6. What is the Scale on the Canada Map Pg. 44
A) 1.75in=300 miles
B) 1.75in=200 miles
C) 1.5in=200 miles
D) 1.25in=200 Miles
E) 1.50=300 Miles
  • 7. Australia is a continent and a country?
A) False
B) True
  • 8. Use the Special Purpose United States Population Map Pg. 77. What is the population of Denver?
A) 100 to 250 per square mile.
B) Over 250 per sq. mile
C) 50 to 100 per square mile
  • 9. True or False. I should look at the Title of every map?
A) True
B) False
  • 10. What part of the map shows you the extent of the countries territory?
A) Title
B) Scale
C) Boundary Lines
D) Bodies of water
E) Key
  • 11. What is a Small Scale Map?
A) Small land area, lots of detail
B) Large land area, little detail
  • 12. What is a Large Scale Map?
A) Small land area, lots of detail
B) Large land area, little detail
  • 13. What is a disadvantage of a globe?
A) Not a lot of detail
B) True Direction
C) True Distance
D) Easy to carry around
  • 14. Using the Ethnic Composition Graph on Pg. 76. What is the population of the Dutch
A) 17%
B) 3.3%
C) 3.6%
D) 1.9%
  • 15. What is an advantage of a map?
A) Distorts land
B) Can see detail
C) Hard to carry around
  • 16. What is a disadvantage of a map?
A) easy to carry around
B) Distorts area
C) can see detail
  • 17. Use the Europe map on pg 98. Find the distance and direction from Paris, France to Dublin, Ireland.
A) 520 Miles North East
B) 470 miles North West
C) 430 miles North West
D) 520 Miles North West
  • 18. On Page 98. What is the Capital of England?
A) Dublin
B) York
C) Liverpool
D) London
  • 19. Using the map on page 43. Find the distance and direction to Halifax, Nova Scotia from Yellowknife, NorthWest Territories.
A) 2,310 miles South East
B) 2,310 miles North West
C) 2,360 miles South West
D) 2,360 miles South East
  • 20. What is distorted on maps?
A) Area, Distance, Direction, Shape
B) Area, Distance, Direction, Key
C) Area, Distance, Latge Scale, Small Scale
D) Scale, Distance, Direction, Key
  • 21. The 7 continents include all EXCEPT!!
A) South America
B) North America
C) Africa
D) Austrailia
E) Russia
  • 22. Which answer is should not be included in the 5 Oceans?
A) Atlantic Ocean
B) Southern Ocean
C) Indian Ocean
D) Arctic Ocean
E) Northern Pacific
  • 23. What does Distortion mean?
A) diseased
B) Change
C) To cut someones hair
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