Map Skills Quiz #1

The red line represents the.....

• prime meridian
• Tropic of Cancer
• equator
• a big highway

Lines of latitude are....

• a set of lines that run east and west drawn on maps and globes
• the rungs of a ladder
• lines that create a work of art
• a set of lines that run north and south on maps and globes

A set of lines that run north and south, from the North Pole to the South Pole, drawn on maps and globes are called....

• lines of longitude
• absolute location
• lines of latitude
• map decorations

The prime meridian is....

• an Autobot in Transformers
• the imaginary line that divides Earth into the Western and Eastern Hemispheres
• an imaginary line that runs East and West
• a place in relation to one or more other places on Earth

The red line represents the.....

• prime meridian
• Tropic of Cancer
• equator
• a big highway

What hemisphere do you live in?

• Canadian
• Northern
• Southern
• Mexican

The four main points of the compass North, South, East, and West.

• Compass Rose
• Cardinal Directions
• Intermediate Directions
• Map Scale

A circle showing the principal directions printed on a map or chart.

• A Point
• Compass Rose
• Map Scale
• Direction

Shows the relationship between a unit of length on a map and the corresponding length

• Map Scale
• Hemisphere
• Compass Rose
• Continent

What is a map scale?

• a tool to measure distance
• a tool to tell direction
• a tool to start a fire
• a tool to build a house