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Map Skills Review
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Review your map skills with this fun quiz!
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Bonus Question - The GPS was invented by
IBM
Apple
Microsoft
The US Department of Defense
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The green continent is
Asia
Africa
Australia
Antarctica
3
The GPS
is used exclusively by the military
uses satellites to relay a user's exact position to a device
can only communicate with cell phones
stores, captures and analyzes all types of geographical data
4
The abbreviation GPS stands for
Graphic Positioning System
Geographic Positioning System
Global Positioning System
Global Partitioning System
5
A GIS
stores, captures and analyzes all types of geographical data
is only used by the space station
uses satellites to relay a user's exact position to a device
can be used to display data about population
6
The following are examples of natural resources
oil, natural gas, minerals, air, and water
mountains, lakes, rivers, deserts, and islands
art, music, and culture
pollution, waste, buildings, dams, and war
7
The green continent is
North America
Europe
Australia
South America
8
This image shows (multiple answers are correct)
lines of latitude
lines of longitude
none of the above
the prime meridian
9
The green continent is
Europe
Asia
Africa
Antarctica
10
The prime meridian is an imaginary line (multiple answers are correct)
that divides earth into northern and southern hemispheres
at zero degrees longitude
that divides earth into eastern and western hemispheres
at zero degrees latitude
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The green continent is
Asia
Antarctica
Europe
Austrialia
12
The abbreviation GIS stands for
Graphic Information System
Global Investigative Syndicate
Global Information System
Geographic Information System
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Lines of longitude are imaginary lines (multiple answers are correct)
running east and west around the globe.
running north and south around the globe.
measured in degrees north and south of the equator.
measured in degrees east and west of the prime meridian.
14
The green continent is
Asia
Australia
South America
Africa
15
This image shows
none of the above
lines of longitude
lines of latitude
the prime meridian
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Which directions are intermediate? (multiple answers are correct)
west
north
southwest
northeast
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A relative location
is never measured based on a landmark
is fixed and never changes
is determined by its distance from another location
is most commonly measured using latitude and longitude
18
Lines of latitude are imaginary lines (multiple answers are correct)
measured in degrees east and west of the prime meridian.
measured in degrees north and south of the equator.
running east and west around the globe.
running north and south around the globe.
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The green continent is
South America
Asia
Africa
North America
20
The green continent is
Africa
South America
Australia
Antarctica
21
An exact location
is never available in Google maps
is measured based on a landmark
is determined by its distance from another location
is most commonly measured using latitude and longitude
22
The equator is an imaginary line (multiple answers are correct)
at zero degrees latitude
that divides earth into northern and southern hemispheres
that divides earth into eastern and western hemispheres
at zero degrees longitude
23
The following are examples of physical features
oil, natural gas, air, water, and minerals
pollution, waste, buildings, dams, and war
mountains, lakes, rivers, deserts, and islands
art, music, and culture
24
Which directions are cardinal? (multiple answers are correct)
southeast
northwest
north
west
25
This is an image of a
compass rose
map key
legend
rose compass
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Which directions are intermediate? (multiple answers are correct)
east
northwest
southeast
south
27
Which directions are cardinal? (multiple answers are correct)
northeast
east
south
southeast
