Map Reading

To find the location of a particular street on a map, check the __________.

• compass rose

• legend

• map index

• grid

The top of a compass rose points _______.

• North

• South

• East

• West

The _______________or key explains the marks or symbols that

are used in a map.

• sketch

• legend

• atlas

• scale

A Person who makes/draws maps is

• historian

• geologist

• archaeologist

• cartographer

The location of shops, cinema halls, hospitals, etc. in our

neighborhood can be shown using a/an:

• Sketch

• plan

• aerial photograph

• physical maps

A representative drawing of the earth or a part of it on a flat surface

is called a:

• map

• sketch

• plan

• scale

atlas means

• collection of stamps

• collection of tools

• collection of maps

• collection of coins

The word Atlas is derived from the name of

_____________________ who is lifting the Earth.

• Latin mythological giant

• Greek mythological giant

• Arabic mythological giant

• American mythological giant

A globe is the most accurate model of the

• star

• sun

• earth

• planet

The ratio between distance on the ground and distance on the

ground and distance on the map is called the:

• scale

• sketch

• physical maps

• aerial photograph