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Geography - Map Skills
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1
What state is directly south of Virginia?
Kentucky
North Carolina
West Virginia
Alabama
2
Are these lines of latitude or longitude?
Longitude
Latitude
3
What are the 7 massive land areas of the world called?
Continents
Landforms
Landmarks
Countries
4
Which of the following is NOT a continent?
Asia
Africa
China
Europe
5
___________ are the individual features of the land, that occur naturally.
Longitude Lines
Latitude Lines
Landmarks
Landforms
6
What are the coordinates for where the Equator and Prime Meridian meet?
0°, 90°
90°, 0°
90°, 90°
0°, 0°
7
Cracks in the earth's crust where earthquakes are more likely to occur are _________.
Parallels
Faults
Canals
Fjords
8
Scientists believe the continents once formed a giant landmass called _________.
Plateaus
Tropic of Capricorn
Tectonic Plates
Pangaea
9
Your ________ is your exact location on the surface of the Earth.
Absolute Location
Relative Location
10
True or False: Africa is a country.
True
False
11
The Prime Meridian is a line of ___________.
Distance
Longitude
Parallels
Latitude
12
___________ is the study of earth in all its variety.
History
Civics
Geography
Botany
13
The _______________ are places on earth we study. They are features of the land or landforms.
Human Characteristics
People & Places
Physical Characteristics
Regions
14
What continent is this?
South America
Europe
Australia
North America
15
What is the study of the land and inhabitants of Earth called?
Humanities
Geography
History
Civics
16
Is Mt. Everest a landform or landmark?
Landform
Landmark
17
Are these lines of latitude or longitude?
Longitude
Latitude
18
Which of the following is NOT a cardinal direction?
East
North
Northwest
South
19
The _______ is the center of the Earth.
Magma
Crust
Core
Mantle
20
What is this?
Compass Rose
GPS
Scale Bar
Map Key
21
Which of the following is NOT an intermediate direction?
Northeast
Northwest
Southeast
South
22
What is the line of latitude that splits the world into Northern and Southern hemispheres?
Parallel
Tropic of Capricorn
Equator
Prime Meridian
23
What is the uppermost layer of the Earth called?
The mantle
The crust
The core
The rim
24
Which of the following is an example of a landform?
Gulf of Mexico
The Eiffel Tower
The Great Wall of China
Seattle Space Needle
25
What percent of the earth's surface is covered in water?
50%
65%
70%
90%