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Assignment #1.2 – 20 points
Geography Skills Handbook, Continued
Directions: Read the text “Geography Skills Handbook” and answer the following
questions in complete sentences.
Reading a Map
1. Why is the title of a map important?
2. Explain the purpose of a key or legend on a map.
3. Draw a Compass Rose with all of the cardinal and intermediate directions.
4. What does a general dot represent on a map?
5. What does a star within a circle usually represent on a map?
6. What is the purpose of the different colors and boundary lines are for?
7. Using the Europe Before World War I map, what is the capital of Spain?
8. Define Scale:
9. Using the France: Political map, approximately how many miles wide is France?
10. What is the difference between absolute location and relative location?
11. Using The City of Paris map, what is the relative location of Notre Dame?
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Geography Skills Practice
Directions: Analyze the maps associated with the 3 maps under the “Reading a Map”
section of the Geography Skills Handbook by answering the following multiple choice
questions.
Map: Europe Before World War I
1. What is the capital of AustriaHungary?
A. Vienna
B. Budapest
C. Bucharest
D. Sarajevo
2. Besides its’ capital, what is one
other major city in Russia?
A. St. Petersburg
B. Budapest
C. Helsinki
D. Seville
3. What is the absolute location of
London?
A. 52 N
0 Prime Meridian
B. 0 Equator
52 W
C. 52 N
1W
D. 52 N
1E
4. What is the relative location of the
Ottoman Empire to the rest of
Europe?
A. Northeast
B. Southeast
C. Northwest
D. South
5. Based on the information on the
graph, someone could guess which
of the following would happen to
Europe after World War I?
A. The map stays the same
B. Africa becomes part of
Europe
C. Borders and boundaries
change for some countries
D. Europe becomes one big
country
Map: France, Political
6. What is the approximate distance (in
miles) between France and the
island of Corsica?
A. 200 miles
B. 200 kilometers
C. 175 miles
D. 110 miles
7. What is the absolute location of
Lyon?
A. 46 N
6E
B. 46 N
5W
C. 46 N
4E
D. 5 N
45 W
Map: The City of Paris
8. What is the relative location of the
Eiffel tower within the city of Paris?
A. On the far south side of
Paris
B. Just a few blocks to the east
of the Louvre
C. On an island in the Seine
D. Westside of Paris in a large
park
9. What major Paris attraction is the
farthest north?
A. Gare du Nord
B. Sacre Coeur
C. Sorbonne
D. Arc de Triomphe