Which two continents are located entirely in the Western Hemisphere?

North America and South America

What does a map’s scale compare?

distance on a map with distance on Earth

Which of the following is the main advantage of the type of map projection shown below?

It shows the size and shapes of continents more accurately.

What does the relative location of a place tell you?

where a place is compared to another place

Which of the following is a temperate zone?

between the Tropic of Cancer and the Tropic of Capricorn

A meridian of longitude is an imaginary line that runs

from the North Pole to the South Pole.

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1
Which two continents are located entirely in the Western Hemisphere?
Europe and Africa
North America and South America
Asia and Antarctica
North America and Australia
2
What does a map’s scale compare?
distance on a map with distance on Earth
distortion on a map with distortion on a globe
location on a map with location on a globe
direction on a map with direction on Earth
3
Which two continents occupy the same landmass?
Australia and Antarctica
Europe and Africa
Europe and Asia
North America and South America
4
The line that marks 0° longitude is the
equator
International Date Line
Tropic of Capricorn.
prime meridian
5
What does the map scale tell you?
how many miles are represented by an inch on the map
how to read the distances on a map
how many kilometers represented by a centimeter on the map
all of the above
6
A synonym for map legend is map
translator
guide
key
grid
7
Which of the following tell you exactly where a place is located?
parallel of latitude
cardinal directions
geographic coordinates
meridian of longitude
8
The two major explorers mentioned in this Unit were
Columbus and Champlain
Gates and Bolivar
Bonnie and Clyde
Lewis and Clark
9
Which of the following is the main advantage of the type of map projection shown below?
It shows the area of oceans more accurately.
It shows relative locations of places more accurately.
It shows the size and shapes of continents more accurately.
It shows distances between places more accurately.
10
What does the relative location of a place tell you?
which symbol shows a place on a map
where a place is compared to another place
the longitude and latitude of a place
the map projection being used to show a place
11
Which ocean is south of Asia?
Mediterranean
Pacific
Indian
Caribbean
12
The precise point on Earth where a particular place can be found is called its
elative location.
map projection.
distortion.
absolute location.
13
Which of the following is a temperate zone?
the area between the Arctic Circle and the North Pole
between the Tropic of Capricorn and the Antarctic Circle
between the Tropic of Cancer and the Tropic of Capricorn
the area between the Tropic of Capricorn and the equator
14
A meridian of longitude is an imaginary line that runs
from the Prime Meridian to the International Date Line.
parallel to the Arctic Circle.
from the North Pole to the South Pole.
parallel to the Tropic of Cancer.
15
What do geographers use to indicate the absolute location of any place on Earth?
a map scale
a compass rose
a global grid
a map legend
16
South America fits entirely within the
Southern Hemisphere
Northern Hemisphere
Western Hemisphere
Eastern Hemisphere
17
Which of the following is an intermediate direction?
compass rose
southwest
north
latitude
18
Changes in shape, size, and position of features that occur when projecting on flat surface
rotation
tilt
distortion
scale
19
Which of the following runs east and west around the globe?
prime meridian
parallels of latitude
meridians of longitude
International Date Line
20
A map-maker is also known of as a
Google Maps Photographer
Cartographer
Sketcher
Doodler

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