NAME: _____________________________________
MAPS-LANDFORMS- BODIES OF WATER
Select the best answer and write the letter in the blank.
_____ 1. These are considered the “blueprints” of travel.
a. oceans
c. maps
b. continents
d. airline routes
_____ 2. What is the most common type of map used in the travel industry?
a. globe
c. route
b. flat
d. projection
_____ 3. Which of the following is the most common “flat” map?
a. Johnson
c. Mercator
b. Masters
d. McWilliams
_____ 4. Which of the seven continents is covered by a thick layer of ice?
a. Antarctica
b. Europe
b. South America
d. North Pole
_____ 5. What is another name for the group of islands known as cays?
a. endless
b. straits
b. keys
d. locks
_____ 6. Which hemisphere has summer in January?
a. northern hemisphere
b. north-eastern hemisphere
c. none of these
d. southern hemisphere
_____ 7. What do you call the distance measure that is above or below the equator and has a maximum measurement
of 90 degrees?
a. tide pool
c. demarcation lines
b. longitude
d. latitude
_____ 8. What do you call the distance measure east or west of the International Date line and helps determine the 24
time zones?
a. tide pool
c. demarcation lines
b. longitude
d. latitude
_____ 9. Which of the following would be the prim characteristic of an island?
a. has a coral reef
c. is covered with sand
b. is surrounded by water
d. all of these
_____ 10. A canyon usually has what main characteristic?
a. steep sides or cliffs
c. low flat areas good for crops
b. gentle slopping sides
d. fast running water
_____ 11. The Old Royal Observatory in Greenwich, England is where what mark was established to help set up time
zones and map coordinates?
a. International Date Line
c. Prime Meridian
b. Equator
d. North Pole
_____ 12. Of the 4 great oceans of the Earth, which is the largest?
a. Atlantic
c. Indian
b. Pacific
d. Arctic Ocean
_____ 13. To have universal time-the world has been divided into how many standard time zones based on 15 degrees
per time zone?
a. 15
c. 10
b. 2-north and south
d. 24
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NAME: _____________________________________
_____ 14. Where does a “mental map” hold a simple picture of geography?
a. in your mind
c. in a text book
b. in the road atlas
d. in a locator map
_____15. Why may lines on a “flat map” be inaccurate?
a. the lines are not connected
c. the lines are not numbered
b. the world is round
d. the world is flatter than it seems
_____ 16. Which of these would be a good example of land that rises to or near the surface of water and may be made
of coral?
a. glacier
c. valley
b. reef
d. lake
_____ 17. What do you usually call a projection of land that rises over 2000 feet above sea level?
a. mountain
c. plateau
b. Glacier
d. island
_____ 18. A main characteristic of a lake would be which of the following?
a. surrounded by ice
c. surrounded by land
b. surrounded by mountains and palm trees
d. surrounded by camp sites
_____ 19. John wants to take a warm vacation in July. Which country would you select for him?
a. Brazil
c. Canada
b. Australia
d. South Africa
_____ 20. John needs to know how often a plane flies from Little Rock to Orlando. What type of map could you use to
show him?
a. route map
c. Mercator Projection map
b. locator map
d. Johnson/Westbrook Globe
_____ 21. North and South America are located in which hemisphere?
a. northern
b. southern
b. north/south/and western
d. only in the eastern
_____ 22. What degree of latitude would you record if you had traveled to the North Pole?
a. 90 degrees south
c. 90 degrees north
b. 180 degrees south
d. 180 degrees north
_____ 23. What type of map uses numbers and letters with a grid to show places of interest and hotels?
a. blueprint map
c. mental map
b. route map
d. locator map
_____ 24. John wants to take a vacation in a city located in a temperate climate. Which city is located in one of these
areas?
a. Kingston, Jamaica
c. Little Rock, Arkansas
b. Mexico City, Mexico
d. Singapore, Indonesia
_____ 25. This is a long flowing body of water that may form a lake or may flow right into an ocean.
a. strain
c. ocean
b. sea
d. river
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