Orienteering

A map that shows the features of the earth's surface is...

• geographic map
• political map
• topographic map
• special purpose map

To navigate an orienteering course, you will need...

• a tour guide
• a written set of directions
• a GPS
• a topographic map and a compass

What is Orienteering

• Long and miserable hikes

• Flying ships across a lake

• Taking bearings in unfamiliar locationa

• Using a map and compass to navigate to control points

The relay orienteering is the most popular team orienteering competition wherein the number of legs in the relay depends on the number of persons on a team.

• True

• False

The pair work is a method by which teams can work in group and it is up to the leader to decide which members of the team should be sent to find which controls.

• True

• False

In orienteering, abrasions, cuts, bruises, insect bites and sunburn are known as running injuries

• True

• False

What is this?

It is a type of orienteering events that every competitor must visit the same controls in the same order.

• Cross-Country Orienteering

• Score Orienteering

• Line Orienteering

• Relay Orienteering

It is a type of orienteering events and the most popular team competition.

• Cross-Country Orienteering

• Score Orienteering

• Line Orienteering

• Relay Orienteering

Which is not needed to orienteer?

• map
• GPS
• compass