Map Skills Review 2020 Question Preview (ID: 52126)


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What is the imaginary line that divides the earth into the northern and southern hemisphere?
a) Equator
b) Prime Meridian
c) Tropic of Cancer
d) Tropic of Capricorn

What is the imaginary line that divides the earth into the eastern and western hemispheres?
a) Prime Meridian
b) Equator
c) Tropic of Cancer
d) Tropic of Capricorn

What is any half of the earth?
a) Latitude
b) Parallel
c) Meridian
d) Hemisphere

What are lines that run east to west and measure distance north or south of the equator?
a) Prime Meridian
b) Meridians
c) Lines of Latitude
d) Lines of Longitude

What are lines that run north to south and measure distance east or west of the Prime Meridian?
a) Lines of Latitude
b) Lines of Longitude
c) Parallels
d) Equator

What is another name for a line of longitude?
a) Parallels
b) Meridians
c) Equator
d) There isn't another name for a line of longitude

What is another name for a line of latitude?
a) Parallels
b) Meridians
c) Prime Meridian
d) There isn't another name for a line of latitude

What type of map shows countries cities, or states?
a) Population Map
b) Topographic Map
c) Physical Map
d) Political Map

What type of map shows elevation using contour lines?
a) Political Map
b) Physical Map
c) Population Map
d) Topographic Map

What type of map shows major and minor roads in cities or towns?
a) Political Map
b) Physical Map
c) Population Map
d) Road Map

North, south, east and west are why type of directions?
a) Cardinal Directions
b) Intermediate Directions
c) Ordinal Directions
d) temporal Directions

Northeast, southeast, northwest and southwest and what types of directions?
a) Cardinal Directions
b) Intermediate Directions
c) Ordinal Directions
d) temporal Directions

What is the relationship between an actual distance on the earth and the same distance shown on a map?
a) Scale
b) Degrees
c) Legend
d) Key

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