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Map Skills Assessment Review
Map Skills Assessment Review
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A review over our map and geography skills before the test!
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1
When would you use a distribution map?
When I need to find a capital city.
When I need to find out the population of a city.
When I need to find the amount of rainfall in an area.
2
What causes people to live in an area?
The elevation is uninhabitable.
There are jobs in the area.
The area has the resources they need.
The precipitation is extremely low.
3
What climate zone is L in?
Frigid
Temperate
Tropical
4
This ocean surrounds the North Pole
Atlantic
Arctic
Pacific
Indian
5
Using the laminated map at your table, what is the absolute location of letter L?
20˚S, 45˚W
20˚N, 68˚E
20˚S, 99˚W
6
What line is at 66 1/2 ˚S?
Arctic Circle
Tropic of Capricorn
Tropic of Cancer
Antarctic Circle
7
What line is at 23 1/2˚S?
Tropic of Capricorn
Tropic of Cancer
Antarctic Circle
Arctic Circle
8
What kind of map shows countries, borders, & cities?
Physical
Distribution
Political
Historical
9
Using the laminated map at your table, what is the absolute location of letter A?
20˚W, 30˚N
40˚N, 30˚W
40˚N, 130˚W
30˚N, 120˚W
10
The United States is in which hemisphere: North or South?
North
South
Neither one of these
11
When might you use a historical map?
When I am researching
When I need directions
When I need to know how many people live in city
When planning a vacation
12
This ocean touches Antarctica
Southern
Pacific
Arctic
Indian
13
What latitude line is at 66 1/2 ˚N?
Antarctic Circle
Tropic of Capricorn
Arctic Circle
Tropic of Cancer
14
The line at zero degrees latitude is called
the international date line
the prime meridian
the Tropic of Cancer
the equator
15
This ocean touches the west coast of California
Indian
Southern
Pacific
Atlantic
16
The United States is in which hemisphere: East or West?
East
West
Neither one of those
17
What kind of map shows how things change over time?
Distribution
Physical
Political
Historical
18
These continents are in the eastern hemisphere
North and South America
Antarctica, South America, Asia
Asia, Europe, Africa, Australia
19
This map shows landforms such as mountains & rivers.
physical
historical
political
distribution
20
This ocean is south of the country India
Arctic
Indian
Southern
Pacific
21
The line at 0 degrees longitude is called...
the equator
the Prime Meridian
the Arctic Circle
the Antarctic Circle
22
What line is at 23 1/2 ˚N?
Tropic of Cancer
Tropic of Capricorn
Antarctic Circle
Arctic Circle
23
When would you use a political map?
When I need to find how high the mountains are in Denver.
When my dad needs to know what road to take
When trying to find where a country is located.
24
When would I use a physical map?
To find a good place to go camping and mountain hiking.
When I need to find the capital city.
To find a new road to take to work.
When I need to locate a specific country.
25
These continents are in the western hemisphere
Asia, Europe, Africa
Australia, Asia, Antarctica
North and South America
26
Time zones are related to
latitude
longitude
27
This map shows how things are spread out over an area-such as population or resources
distribution map
physical map
political map
historical map
28
Climate zones are related to
latitude lines
longitude
29
What climate zone is letter A in?
Frigid
Temperate
Tropical
