Historical Sources and Map Skills Test

What is a flat representation of earth?

• Globe
• Map
• Gps
• Drawing

What is a truer representation of earth?

• Globe
• Map
• Gps
• Drawing

What kind of map shows a wide range of information about an area?

• General Purpose Map
• Special Purpose Map
• Physical Map
• Political Map

What are the colors, lines, shapes, and symbols that represent information on a map?

• Map Symbols
• Map Scale
• Map Key or Legend
• Compass Rose

What explains the symbols on a map?

• Map Symbols
• Map Scale
• Map Key or Legend
• Compass Rose

Chose all that apply. (4) What are the Cardinal directions?

• North
• South
• East
• West
• Northwest

Chose all that apply. (4) What are the intermediate directions?

• Northwest
• Southwest
• Southeast
• Northeast
• North

What splits the earth into 24 different zones, moving east adds one hour moving west subtracts an hour.

• Time Zone
• Longitude and Latitude
• Equator
• Prime Meridian

What is firsthand information or evidence directly from the original source?

• Primary Source
• Secondary Source
• Artifacts
• Biographies

What is information that is gained secondhand, not from the original source.

• Primary Source
• Secondary Source
• Artifacts
• Biographies