NS1 Land Navigation quiz

A line from any position on the earth's surface to the geographic North Pole is _____.

A _____ is a less developed stream course than a valley.

A ___ is a scaled graphic drawing of a portion of the earth's surface.

What term is used to refer to lines running from the North Pole to the South Pole?

_____ is the largest continent in both size and population.

These contour lines are more finely drawn and they do not show the elevation number.

An ____ is defined as a horizontal angle measured clockwise in degrees from a base direction.

_____ maps show terrain and landforms in a manner which can be measured.

The North Pole is located in ______.

Use this method when your destination lies along a linear terrain feature like a road or stream

The lines on a topographic map are called ______ lines.

Direction is typically expressed as a unit of angular measure. The most common unit of measure

The basic compass technique used in orienteering to determine direction of travel consists of 

The north-seeking needle of a compass points to _______ north.

Continents are the _____ large landmasses on the planet.

What term is used to refer to the angular difference between true north and magnetic north?

Lines of ____ run east to west around the globe.

An imaginary circle on the earth's surface passing through the North and South Poles

A technique know as ___, competitors follow a compass bearing to their destination.

Term describes the aligning or positioning of oneself or map in relation to the surroundings

The object of orienteering is to locate ____ by using a map and compass to navigate the terrain

Orienteering began in ______ in the 1800's primarily as a military event & military training

The Amazon River Basin, the world's largest tropical rain forest, is in what continent?

The _____ Ocean is the largest and deepest of the four oceans and covers a third of the globe.

A __ is a line of high ground, usually with changes in elevation along its top and low ground

_is the most common type of orienteering and considered to be the most competitive & intriguing

Which of the following techniques help aid you in moving from one control point to another?

When a series of contour lines is close together, it means that the elevation of the land is

Another method used to measure ground distance is the pace count. It is equal to 

The rate of the rise or fall of the ground is known as its _____ .