Map Reading Quiz

Map makers use a (compass rose, legend) to show direction on a map.

• compass rose

• legend

Maps usually have a (grid, scale) to show what distance on the earth is represented by a certain distance on the map.

• grid

• scale

The location of a place on the earth as compared to some other place is called ...

• absolute location

• relative location

Distance north or south of the Equator is measured in degrees of (latitude, longitude).

• latitude

• longitude

Distance east or west of the Prime Meridian is measured in degrees of (latitude, longitude).

• latitude

• longitude

Another name for the Prime Meridian is (0 degrees latitude, 0 degrees longitude).

• 0 degrees latitude

• 0 degrees longitude

The legend of a map tells what the on the map mean using...

• symbols

• cells

When it is winter in the Northern Hemisphere, it is (spring, summer) in the Southern Hemisphere.

• spring

• summer

A map that shows how the land looks is called a (physical, political) map.

• physical

• political

Direction, distance, shape, and size can all be shown correctly at the same time only on a (globe, map).

• globe

• map