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Duplicate (Family B) of SOL 1: Maps and Globe Skills
Duplicate (Family B) of SOL 1: Maps and Globe Skills
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A #geography Quiz to learn basic #map skills for #SOL1
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These lines run north and south but measure east and west
Longitude
Latitude
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Formerly called Formosa, sits off the coast of China.
Taiwan
Korea
India
UAE
3
This type of map is useful for ship navigation.
Mercator
Globe
Robinson
Polar
4
This device shows orientation on a map.
Legend
Compass Rose
Absolute Locator
Map Key
5
The map of Europe changed greatly in the late 1940s. What contributed to this?
Collapse of Communism
Korean War
World War 1
World War 2
6
Former name of Israel
Gaza Strip
Palestine
Qatar
West Bank
7
This sea in the Pacific is also called the East Sea.
Cambodian Sea
Sea of Hormuz
Sea of Japan
Black Sea
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This country saw its map change in the early 1990's when the former Soviet Union collapsed.
Russia
Germany
Italy
Japan
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Which geographical source is shown?
Globe
Satellite
GIS
Diagram
10
The Balkans is the site of conflict between the Serbs, Croats. What country did this used to be
Yugoslavia
Albania
Switzerland
Czechoslovakia
11
This area is disputed between Muslim Pakistan and Hindu India
Yugoslavia
Korea
Western Sahara
Kashmir
12
This line of latitude divides the earth into northern and southern hemispheres.
Prime Meridian
Tropic of Cancer
International Date Line
Equator
13
These are used by people to carry out daily activities and give directions.
Mental Maps
Compass Rose
Cell Phones
Daily Planners
14
90 degrees north latitude is called this
Arctic Circle
North Pole
South Pole
International Date Line
15
Which type of source would be best if you wanted to view an area of Earth from above?
Data Base
GIS
Satellite Image
Photograph
16
Longitude and latitude lines are used to measure this
Relative Location
Absolute Location
17
What type of thematic map is shown?
Precipitation
Political
Climate
Physical
18
This shows what a measurement on a map is equal to in real life.
Compass Rose
Orientation
Scale
Relative Location
19
This map projection is most useful for airline navigation.
Robinson
Mercator
Polar
20
This line of longitude splits the earth into the eastern and western hemispheres.
Tropic of Capricorn
Prime Meridian
International Date Line
Equator
21
Site of a political dispute that saw the country divided along the 38th parallel
Palestine
Kashmir
Korea
Western Sahara
22
Which is NOT a way that maps show information?
Symbols
Holes
Colors
Lines
23
Which type of source would be best if you wanted to view an area of Earth from above?
Data Base
Satellite Image
Photograph
GIS
24
Map projection used for general classroom use.
Robinson
Mercator
Polar
25
Which type of thematic map is shown?
Population Density
Climate
Precipitation
Vegetation
26
Which source would be best if you wanted to learn about a group's culture?
Diagram
Primary Source
Map
Field Work
27
All maps have this b/c it's impossible to accurately depict a globe on a flat piece of paper
Projection
Scale
Distortion
Orientation
28
Which continent was the victim of imperialism in the early 1900's when European nations ruled
South America
Australia
Africa
North America
29
These lines on a globe run east and west but measure north and south.
Longitude
Latitude
30
What African region has been part of a dispute with Morocco over fishing and mining rights.
Western Sahara
Egypt
Algeria
Sudan
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The location of a place in relation to other places
Relative Location
Longitude
Absolute Location
Directions
