Geography Review

a tool on a map that shows cardinal directions and sometimes intermediate directions

• Compass Rose
• Rose Graph
• Legend
• Map Key

What type of map would you need to use to see a country's boundaries?

• Physical Map
• Robinson Projection Map
• Political Map
• Globe

A map will always be distorted in some way because...

• Cartographers are not very skilled artists.
• Geographers like to confuse us.
• The continents are constantly changing size and shape.
• When a sphere is flattened it changes size and shape.

Which line establishes the eastern and western hemispheres?

• Prime Meridian

• International Date Line

• Equator

• Tropic of Cancer

• Tropic of Capricorn

A map that shows elevation, bodies of water, and landforms is called?

• Physical Map
• Growth Map
• Projection Map
• Political Map

What does a map’s scale compare?

• direction on a map with direction on Earth
• distance on a map with distance on Earth
• location on a map with location on a globe
• distortion on a map with distortion on a globe

Which continents are incorrectly labeled?

• Australia & Asia

• Africa & Europe

• Asia & North America

• Asia & Europe

K is which body of water?

• Mediterranean Sea

• India Ocean

• Carribbean Sea

• Caspian Sea

• Atlantic Ocean

Which line establishes the northern and southern hemispheres?

What type of map is this?

• political

• physical

• thematic

• climate