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Test Review (Map Skills, Lat. and Long, Oceans, and Hemispheres)
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1
The Equator and the Prime Meridian divide the Earth into:
Hemispheres
continents
Meridians
paralles
2
This diagram shows the directions on a map
compass rose
Map key
Map scale
map grid
3
Which statement illustrates the concept of relative location?
Libya is located west of Egypt
Bate is located on Stanford Ave.
My address is 2000 Pennsylvania Ave Washington, D.C.
New Orleans is located at 30 degrees N and 90 degrees W
4
An imaginary set of lines that divide up space on a map
map scale
Map key
Map grid
math grid
5
What identifies a map's main topic?
map scale
map grid
map key
Map title
6
A large-scale map gives a close up view of a ____________ area
Medium
X-large
Large
Small
7
What does the relative location of a place tell you?
the longitude and latitude of a place
which symbol shows a place on a map
the map projection being used to show a place
where a place is compared to another place
8
What do geographers use to indicate the absolute location of any place on Earth?
global grid
map scale
compass rose
map legend
9
Which of the following is not an intermediate direction on a compass rose?
SN
NW
SE
NE
10
What continent is in all 4 hemispheres?
North America
Europe
Africa
South America
11
What ocean touches the shores of Africa and South America?
Pacific
Arctic
Atlantic
Indian
12
If you didn't know what a symbol meant on a map, where would you look?
Map Scale
Compass Rose
Map Grid
Map Key
13
A change in the shape, size, or position of place when it is shown on a map
Distortion
Compass rose
Map scale
Map projection
14
Which two continents are located entirely in the Western Hemisphere?
North America and South America
North America and Australia
Europe and Antarctica
Asia and Antarctica
15
What kind of map scale would I use to travel from state to state
petite-scale
Small-scale
Large-scale
Big-scale
16
A parallel of latitude runs:
East to West
West to North
North to South
East to South
17
What is the reference for measuring other paralles of latitude?
Tropic of Capricorn
International Date Line
Prime Meridian
Equator
18
Which map scale would you use to get to a friends house in another neighborhood?
Large-Scale
No-scale
Map scale
Small-scale
19
What ocean is north of Europe?
Arctic
Atlantic
Indian
Pacific
20
The most important line of longitude is:
Equator
Prime Meridian
Tropic of Cancer
Tropic of Capricorn
21
Horizantal and vertical lines meet at __________ degree angles to form a map grid
90
80
120
91
22
A way of representing the spherical Earth on a flat surface
Map scale
latitude and longitude
Distortion
map projection
23
A meridian of longitude runs:
parallel to the Tropic of Cancer
parallel to the Arctic Circle
From East to West
From the North Pole to the South Pole
24
One inch equals 100 miles of distance. Two cities are 2 inches apart, or _______ miles.
200
50
100
400
25
Which of the following is an example of absolute location?
Turn by the tree
Coordinates
Head North
Walk southwest
26
What ocean touches the shores of Asia and South America?
Atlantic
Indian
Pacific
Arctic
27
The Earth is dived into how many hemispheres?
2
5
4
3
28
This map scale shows a larger area, but with fewer details.
X-small
large
Medium
small
29
What continent is located south of Africa
Europe
Antarctica
Australia
South America
30
Which of the following is not an ocean?
Antarctia
Atlantic
Pacific
Indian
31
The equator runs through these 3 continents:
NA, Australia, Asia
SA, Africa, Europe
Europe, Australia, Asia
SA, Africa, Asia
32
Maps cannot represent the exact size or shape of Earth's features because of:
scale
distortion
tilt
rotation
