What is the significance of a Scale Bar?

It shows distances (to scale) in miles or kilometers

Longitude measures distances...

East and West of the Prime Meridian

Absolute location is...

Where lines of latitude and longitude intercept

What is the significance of a key or legend?

Provides information about the colors and symbols on a map.

What are the 4 intermediate directions?

North-East, North-West, South-East, South-West

Why do we need latitude and longitude?

For search and rescue purposes, Navigation, Boundaries of states, countries, etc.

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World Geography Map Skills Quiz

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1
What is the significance of a Scale Bar?
Shows colors and symbols and what they mean on a map.
The length of the bar always equals 400 miles
To make a map more interesting
It shows distances (to scale) in miles or kilometers
2
Where do lines of longitude start?
Prime Meridian
heooo
3
Longitude measures distances...
Up and down
East and West of the Prime Meridian
North and South of the Prime Meridian
North and South of the Equator
4
Physical Maps show...
How many countries work out
countries, cities, states, etc.
Political (man-made) borders
Physical Features
5
Which comes first?
Latitude
The Chicken
Longitude
The egg
6
Political Maps show...
Democratic vs. Republican states
political (man-made) borders
Politicians and where they live
physical features
7
What are the 4 cardinal directions?
North, West, South,East
Never, Eat, Soggy, Waffles
North-east, North-West, South-East, South-West
Up, down, left, right
8
Absolute location is...
A place described by physical or human features nearby.
Where lines of latitude and longitude intercept
The international date line
The equator
9
What is the circled part on the map called?
The scale bar
The key or legend
The compass rose
The title
10
The Prime Meridian is a line of...
Latitude
Longitude
11
What does the word "hemi" mean?
One sixty third
One fourth
Half
One third
12
The shape of the earth is...
A sphere
A cube
A cone
A Rectangular Prism
13
Define Cartographer
An inventor
A map maker
A country maker
A flag maker
14
Latitude measures distances...
North and South of the Prime Meridian
Up and down
East and South of the Equator
North and South of the Equator
15
What is the circled part of the map called?
The compass rose
The scale bar
The key or legend
A world map
16
Bonus: is this an example of the Mercator or Robinson projection
Robinson
Mercator
17
What is the significance of a key or legend?
Provides information about distance of one place to another
Provides information about the colors and symbols on a map.
Makes the map seem more colorful and happy.
It opens a door when it is locked.
18
What is the circled part on the map called?
A map
A scale bar
A key or legend
A compass rose
19
What are the 4 intermediate directions?
North-East, North-West, South-East, South-West
Up-Left, Up-Right, Down-Left, Down-Right
Up, down, left, right
North, East, South, West
20
Why do we need latitude and longitude?
For search and rescue purposes
Navigation
to make bar graphs
Boundaries of states, countries, etc.
21
Is the equator a line of...
Longitude
Latitude
22
Where do lines of latitude start?
at (0,0)
At the Prime Meridian
At the Equator
At the starting line

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