Map Skills Quiz

Question 1

How does temperature change as you get closer to the Equator?

Accepted Answer

Gets hotter

Question 2

Which line separates northern and southern hemispheres?

Accepted Answer

Equator

Question 3

The Prime Meridian splits the earth into these hemispheres...

Accepted Answer

East and West

Question 4

True or false: The equator is an invisible line.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 5

What are the four cardinal directions?

Accepted Answer

North, East, South, West

Question 6

What does a map key show?

Accepted Answer

Map symbols meanings

Question 7

What shape is a globe?

Accepted Answer

Sphere

Question 8

Which line divides the eastern and western hemispheres?

Accepted Answer

Prime Meridian

Question 9

The International Date Line is directly opposite the Prime Meridian.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 10

A cartographer makes maps.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 11

What is the prime meridian ?

Accepted Answer

imaginary line that divides the eastern and western hemispheres

Question 12

What is the purpose of a map key?

Accepted Answer

Explain symbols

Question 13

What happens when you cross the International Date Line?

Accepted Answer

Day and Date changes

Question 14

True or false: The International Date Line is in the Atlantic Ocean.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 15

The closer you get to the equator the _____________.

Accepted Answer

Hotter it gets

Question 16

If you travel over the International Date Line,

Accepted Answer

the day and date change

Question 17

True or false: A globe is flat.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 18

What does a map scale compare?

Accepted Answer

Distance on a map to distance on the ground

Question 19

The equator splits the earth into these two hemispheres...

Accepted Answer

North and South

Questions 19