Mapping Skills Flashcards

1

What has replaced the use of road maps?

GPS
political map
intermediate directions
compass rose

2

0 degrees of longitude is also called the _______.

prime meridian
equator

3

A map scale shows....

The date of the map.
The relationship between actual distance and distance shown.
Landforms and physical features.
The meaning of symbols.

4

What is the major line of latitude

Prime
The Equator

5

All lines of LONGITUDE are also called

Tropics
Parallels
Meridians
North and Souths

6

Road maps help you....

Navigate
Have Fun!
Read
Eat

7

All maps must have a legend

False
True

8

Latitude and Longitude were used for...

mapmaking
navigation
universal coordinates that work with all regions
all of the above

9

The North pole is at what degree of Latitude?

180* North
90*North
180* South
90*South

10

All maps have a legend and a scale?

True
False

11

Latitude goes North to South

True
?
False
?

12

Lines of longitude run ________

Slowly
Vertically
Backwards
Horizontally

13

Contour lines on Topographic Maps connect points of equal _____________

Rainfall
Elevation
Temperature
Pressure

14

Map Skills: North, South, East, West are called

Cardinal Directions
Intermediate Directions
Primary Directions
Secondary Directions

15

0 degrees latitude is called _______.

The Prime Meridian
The Equator
The Line of A-LO
Benny

16

How are a globe and map similar?

They both have bumps/texture.
They both show places in the world.
They are both flat.
They are both round.

17

is this a topographic map

False
True

Mapping Skills

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Mapping Skills

Questions 17