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review of basic map skills for grade six
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1
What are the imaginary lines that run north to south across the Earth?
Degrees
Prime Meridian
Latitude
Longitude
2
Which of these is NOT a continent?
North America
Australia
Antarctica
Canada
3
In which hemispheres is New Jersey located?
North and South
North and East
North and West
South and East
4
What uses symbols or colors to represent objects on a map?
Scale
Map Key
Map
Compass
5
What object shows the four major directions, North, South, East, and West?
Atlas
Compass or Compass Rose
Scale
Map Key
6
Which ocean would you dive into in South Carolina?
Indian
Pacific
Atlantic
Caribbean
7
A__________creates maps for specific purposes ?
economist
explorer
cardiologist
cartographer
8
When you are looking for a particular point on a map you need to look find it using
latitude and longitude
the Equator
minutes
Prime Meridian
9
The capital of a state on a map is marked with a .
Rhombus.
Triangle.
Square.
Star.
10
What is the smallest continent?
Europe
North America
Australia
Africa
11
Which continent is not located in the Northern Hemisphere?
Asia
Antarctica
North America
Europe
12
What type of map shows how high or low places are? (the map type of map that shows mountains )
Political Map
Physical Map
Road Map
Weather Map
13
What three countries are in North America?
Canada, United States and Mexico
North America, Mexico, Belize
England, Spain, Cananda
Mexico, Canada and Spain
14
What type of map shows how the boundaries of countries in the past?
Physical Map
Political Map
Weather Map
Historical Map
15
What is the capital of New Jersey?
Trenton
Atlantic City
Camden
Cape May
16
What are the imaginary lines called that run east to west across the Earth?
Degrees
Latitude
Longitude
Equator
17
What is the imaginary line that divides the earth into eastern and western hemispheres
absolute locations
equator
prime meridian
prime meridia
18
A_______allows us to see how far two places are apart.
scale
compass rose
key
ruler
19
Maine is located in what region of the United States?
Northwest
Southwest
Southeast
Northeast
20
What is the purpose of the legend on a map?
To tell you what you are looking at on the map.
To tell you what the symbols mean on the map.
To show directions on the map.
To show distances on the map.
