Map Skills Quiz - Unit 1

The key that tells what all the symbols on a map represent is called a ______ or map key.

• map

• blue

• gold

• legend

The imaginary line that splits the world into the Northern Hemisphere and the Southern Hemisphere is called-

• the Prime Meridian

• the Equator

• the Tropic of Cancer

• the Tropic of Capricorn

The prime meridian separates the ______________.

• Eastern and western hemispheres

• Northern and southern hemispheres

• the Tropic of Cancer and Tropic of Capricorn

• north and south poles

The lines of latitude_____________

• never touch

• are parallel to the equator and to each other

• look like the letter H

• both a and b are correct

Lines of longitude run in which direction on a map?

• east-west

• north-south

• south-east

• north-west

______ is defined as the study of the earth and the way people live on it.

• geography

• economy

• physical map

• landforms

Bonus: Someone who makes maps is a ___________

• meterologist

• geologist

• anthropologist

• cartographer