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Map Skills Vocabulary
Test Description: Practice key vocabulary items that may be on your Map Skills Test
Instructions: Answer all questions to get your test result.
1) What unit of measurement is used with absolute location?
A
Miles
B
Joules
C
Cubic Meters
D
Degrees
2) What term refers to the study of the location and distribution of physical and living things on Earth's surface and how they are related to one another?
A
Etymology
B
Cartography
C
Geology
D
Geography
3) Which imaginary line divides Earth into Northern and Southern hemispheres?
A
International Date Line
B
Prime Meridian
C
Tropic of Capricorn
D
Equator
4) When you describe where a place is located by telling what's around it, you are providing...
A
Relative Location
B
Degrees
C
Absolute Location
D
Coordinates
5) What map feature explains how distance on a map corresponds to actual distance on Earth?
A
Compass Rose
B
Scale Bar
C
Title
D
Boundary Lines
6) What is the name of the imaginary line that divides Earth into Eastern and Western hemispheres?
A
Tropic of Capricorn
B
International Date Line
C
Prime Meridian
D
Equator
7) When you describe where a place is located by providing exact information like its geographic coordinates, you are giving them...
A
Approximate Location
B
Relevant Location
C
Absolute Location
D
Relative Location
8) What geographic term means half the Earth?
A
Parallels
B
Hemisphere
C
Degrees
D
Meridians
9) Which type of map exists to show man-made boundaries? It often shows capitals and major cities as well.
A
Physical Map
B
Special Purpose Map
C
Political Map
D
Geological Map
10) What do you call the directions which are found in between the four cardinal directions? (Ex.: NW, NE, SW, SE)
A
Mezzaluna Directions
B
Intermediate Directions
C
Interrogative Directions
D
Dromedary Directions
11) Which type of map exists to show features of the land and water like mountains and rivers? It may also use different colors to indicate elevation.
A
Physical Map
B
Political Map
C
Special Purpose Map
D
Geological Map
12) What map features are most helpful when determining a map's purpose?
A
Key/Legend and Scale Bar
B
Title and Key/Legend
C
Title and Compass Rose
D
Compass Rose and Scale Bar
13) When is it most helpful to remember this phrase, Start with FROM and go to TO?
A
When interpreting elements in the key
B
When measuring distance
C
When determining direction
D
When finding absolute location
14) Which type of imaginary lines help you determine how far North or South a place is from the Equator?
A
Great Circles
B
Latitude Lines
C
Meridians
D
Longitude Lines
15) What type of imaginary lines help you determine how far East or West you've traveled from the Prime Meridian?
A
Latitude Lines
B
Parallels
C
Longitude Lines
D
Great Circles
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