Geography Quiz: Map Skills
Directions: Read each question or statement
below and circle the correct answer.
1. Which is a model of the earth?
a. hemisphere
b. basketball
c. globe
d. geography
2. Which of the following is the world's
smallest ocean?
a. The Atlantic
b. The African
c. The Pacific
d. The Arctic
3. What do we call the largest areas of
land?
a. islands
b. peninsulas
c. countries
d. continents
4. Which is true of boundary lines?
a. They separate countries from each other.
b. They tell how far north from the Equator a
place is.
c. They enable you to find directions.
d. They separate the globe into
hemispheres.
5. Which of these might be used to compare
the number of people living in five cities?
a. a graph
b. a globe
c. a physical map
d. a compass rose
6. A compass rose is placed on a map in
order to show:
a. elevation
b. scale
c. directions
d. climate
7. Which of these is a continent?
a. Alaska
b. the Arctic
c. South Africa
d. Asia
8. Which of these divides the earth in half?
a. Compass rose
b. South Pole
c. Equator
d. Border
9. To tell how far a place is from the
Equator, maps use:
a. boundary lines
b. lines of latitude
c. lines of longitude
d. time lines
10. Which does the Prime Meridian cross?
a. Cairo, Egypt
b. Yellowstone National Park
c. New Orleans, Louisiana
d. Greenwich, England
11. Which of the following locations is
farther south?
a. 36 degrees N/75 degrees W
b. 25 degrees N/78 degrees W
c. 25 degrees S/15 degrees E
d. 45 degrees S/77 degrees W
12. A map's key shows the:
a. length of the equator
b. map's time zones
c. location of the sun at different times
d. meaning of symbols used on the map
13. To find the distance between two places
on a map, you would use:
a. a line of latitude
b. the scale
c. a symbol
d. a line of longitude
14. The distance a place is above sea level
is its:
a. location
b. time zone
c. elevation
d. latitude
15. Which shows elevation by means of
coloring in the areas between contour lines?
a. time zone maps
b. boundary lines
c. relief maps
d. map scales
16. The field of geography having to do with
map making is called:
a. cartography
b. geology
c. botany
d. physiology
17. This kind of map shows the earth's features,
such as mountains and plains, as well as
elevations:
a. political map
b. physical map
c. distribution map
d. climate map
18. How many continents are there?
a. 5
b. 6
c. 8
d. 7
19. How many oceans are there?
a. 4
b. 3
c. 6
d. 5
20. The equator and the prime meridian are
used to create the ____.
a. four hemispheres
b. regions
c. continents
d. oceans
Geography Quiz: Map Skills
Answer Key
1. c. globe
2. d. The Arctic
3. d. continents
4. a. They separate countries from each
other.
5. a. a graph
6. c. directions
7. d. Asia
8. c. Equator
9. b. lines of latitude
10. d. Greenwich, England
11. d. 45 degrees S/77 degrees W
12. d. meaning of symbols used on the map
13. b. the scale
14. c. elevation
15. c. relief maps
16. a. cartography
17. b. physical map
18. d. 7
19. d. 5
20. a. four hemispheres