Geography and Mapping Vocabulary Quiz

What are the cardinal directions?

• North, South, Up, and Down

• Up, Down, Left, and Right

• Forward, Backward, Left, and Right

• North, South, East, and West

What is a compass rose?

• A figure on a map indicating the cardinal directions

• A type of flower found in the wild

• A tool used for drawing circles

• A map showing only the equator

Which of the following is one of the seven continents?

• Atlantis

• Africa

• Oceania

• Greenland

What does the equator do?

• Divides the Earth into the northern and southern hemispheres

• Divides the Earth into the eastern and western hemispheres

• Marks the boundary between land and sea

• Indicates the highest point on Earth

What is a hemisphere?

• A map that shows natural features

• Half of the Earth divided horizontally or vertically

• A map that displays historical information

• The points on a compass between cardinal directions

What does a historical map display?

• Natural features like mountains and rivers

• Information about a specific time period in history

• The Earth's hemispheres

• Intermediate compass directions

What are intermediate directions?

• The main cardinal directions

• A map showing historical events

• Directions like northeast, southeast, southwest, and northwest

• A map showing natural features

What does a landform map show?

• Historical events and borders

• The Earth's hemispheres

• Natural features like mountains, rivers, and deserts

• Intermediate compass directions

What is a small inset map that shows where the main map is located within a larger area?

• Map key

• Locator

• Physical map

• Ocean

What is a guide on a map that explains the symbols used to represent different features?

• Locator

• Ocean

• Physical map

• Map key