Map Skills

Question 1

Do you think you can read a map?

Accepted Answer

Yes

Question 2

What type of map shows land elevation and ocean depths as well as mountains, rivers, and lakes?

Accepted Answer

physical

Question 3

Lines of longitude can also be called?

Accepted Answer

meridians

Question 4

This type of map shows which areas have the most people.

Accepted Answer

population density

Question 5

Lines of latitude can also be called parallels.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 6

Lines of latitude are drawn on a map from east to west.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 7

Lines of longitude on a map run north to south.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 8

A model of the whole Earth is a map.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 9

The place where you go to figure out what symbols on a map stand for is:

Accepted Answer

both

Question 10

What do we call a flat picture of the whole world or part of it?

Accepted Answer

map

Question 11

The Prime Meridian splits the Earth into the Eastern and Western hemisphere.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 12

This type of map shows the weather over a period of time.

Accepted Answer

climate

Question 13

This shows how much smaller the map is than the real area it represents.

Accepted Answer

scale bar

Question 14

The equator splits the Earth into the Eastern and Western hemisphere.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 15

This shows the directions on a map.

Accepted Answer

compass rose

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