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2022 Map Skills and Geography Quiz
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What is the imaginary line called that divides a globe into the eastern and western hemispheres?
Latitude and Longitude
Equator
Prime Meridian
Number
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Shows the relationship between real distances and distances on a map. Helps in estimating distance between two places.
Latitude and Longitude
Map Scale
Compass Rose
Key
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How does Lake Michigan affect the climate in northwest Indiana?
It makes the air drier so there isn't much rain.
It makes the air warmer so there isn't much snow.
It makes the climate warmer in fall and cooler in spring.
It makes the climate cooler in winter and warmer in summer.
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Hoosier Hill is part of which sphere?
hydrosphere
lithosphere
biosphere
atmosphere
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The Wabash River is part of which Indiana sphere?
biosphere
atmosphere
hydrosphere
lithosphere
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Longitude lines ________________________
divide the northern and southern hemispheres
cross each other forming a pattern of squares
run north and south, from the North Pole to the South Pole
All of these
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In which region of Indiana is most of the state's corn grown?
Northern Lakes and Moraines
Central Till Plains
Southern Hills and Lowlands
Grand Canyon
9
A symbol that shows directions is called a ____________.
grid
continent
compass rose
globe
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What are the directions called that come between the cardinal directions?
Elementary
Intermediate
Absolute
Relative
11
This imaginary line around the center of the globe separates the northern and southern hemispheres.
latitude
prime meridian
equator
longitude
12
The Indiana Dunes belongs to which sphere?
atmosphere
biosphere
hydrosphere
lithosphere
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Why does southern Indiana have higher average temperatures in winter than northern Indiana?
It is closer to the equator and gets more direct sunlight.
Northern Indiana is closer to the North Pole.
It is close to Florida.
Lake Michigan is located in northern Indiana.
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What region of Indiana are the Indiana Dunes found?
Lake County
Northern Lakes and Moraines
Central Till
Southern Hills and Lowlands
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The pattern of weather over a long period of time
region
climate
natural resource
temperature
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What is a globe?
A map
A football
A round model of the earth
A round
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Lines that run east and west around the earth.
Prime Meridian
longitude lines
equator
latitude lines
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North, South, East and West directions are called ______________.
Cardinal Directions
Intermediate Directions
Absolute Directions
Absolute Directions
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Indiana's state tree, the tulip tree, is part of which sphere?
biosphere
hydrosphere
atmosphere
lithosphere
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What is a glacier?
Huge mass of ice that always stays in the same place.
Small sheet of ice that stays in the the same place.
Tiny sheet of ice that moves quickly across land
A huge mass of ice that moves slowly across land.
