Map Skills Review

Question 1

Which measurement comes first in a geographic address?

Accepted Answer

latitude

Question 2

What kind of map shows major features of a region which include capital cities?

Accepted Answer

Political map

Question 3

What divides the Earth into the Northern and Southern Hemispheres?

Accepted Answer

equator

Question 4

Five Themes: The postion of a place or region.

Accepted Answer

Location

Question 5

5 Themes: The travel of people, their goods, and their ideas from one place to another.

Accepted Answer

Movement

Question 6

How do we measure parallels of latitude and meridians of longitude?

Accepted Answer

degrees

Question 7

What is the name of the smallest continent?

Accepted Answer

Australia

Question 8

5 Themes: Describes how humans adapt to their environment.

Accepted Answer

Human-Environment Interaction

Question 9

Which measurement comes last in a geographic address?

Accepted Answer

longitude

Question 10

What directions do parallels circle the Earth?

Accepted Answer

east to west

Question 11

Which map component tells us the pieces of information we can learn from a map?

Accepted Answer

map legend

Question 12

What kind of map would show me where Italy is located in relation to the rest of the world?

Accepted Answer

Locator map

Question 13

What is the largest continent?

Accepted Answer

Asia

Question 14

5 Themes: An area that shares common physical or human characteristics.

Accepted Answer

Region

Question 15

The exact location using longitude and latitude is called ___________________________.

Accepted Answer

absolute location

Question 16

What kind of a map shows major features of a region such as mountain ranges and rivers?

Accepted Answer

Physical map

Question 17

What divides the Earth into Western and Eastern Hemisphere?

Accepted Answer

prime meridian

Question 18

What is the element of the map that helps tell the distance from one place to another?

Accepted Answer

map scale

Question 19

Northeast, northwest, southeast, and southwest are called _________________________

Accepted Answer

intermediate direction

Question 20

The general idea of where something is located is called _________________________.

Accepted Answer

relative location

Question 21

What kind of a map focuses on a special topic, such as climate or population?

Accepted Answer

Thematic map

Question 22

What is the name of a diagram that shows directions on the map?

Accepted Answer

compass rose

Question 23

When you give directions using a map grid you are giving an ________________location.

Accepted Answer

absolute

Question 24

The element of a map that shows the main subject of the map.

Accepted Answer

map title

Question 25

5 Themes: Natural and human features that make one location different from another.

Accepted Answer

Place

Question 26

What is your favorite subject?

Accepted Answer

Math, Language Arts, Social Studies, Science

Map Skills Review

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Map Skills Review

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