Geography Quiz

What is a flat representation of the earth called?

• Globe

• Map

• Compass Rose

• Map Key

Which type of map shows physical features on the earth's surface?

• Political Map

• General Purpose Map

• Physical Map

• Special Purpose Map

What does a compass rose show on a map?

Choose all the correct answers.

• Map Symbols

• Map Scale

• Cardinal Directions

• Intermediate Directions

Which of the following is NOT a cardinal direction?

• North

• Southeast

• East

• West

What does latitude measure?

• Distances North and South of the Equator

• Distances East and West of the Prime Meridian

• Imaginary line at 23 ½ degrees North

• 0 degrees longitude

What is the Prime Meridian?

• Imaginary line at 23 ½ degrees South

• 0 degrees longitude

• Measures distances East and West

Where is the Tropic of Cancer located?

• 23 ½ degrees South

• 0 degrees latitude

• 23 ½ degrees North

• At the Equator

What does the Equator do?

• Measures distances East and West

• Divides the world between the Northern and Southern Hemispheres

• Imaginary line at 23 ½ degrees North

• 0 degrees longitude

What is the Tropic of Capricorn?

• Imaginary line at 23 ½ degrees North

• 0 degrees longitude

• Imaginary line at 23 ½ degrees South

• Divides the world into hemispheres

What is the northernmost point on Earth called?

• South Pole

• Arctic Circle

• North Pole

• Antarctic Circle