Parts of A Map 1
True or False?
If the map is titled
South Carolina, is it most likely a map of the state South Carolina?
True
Types of movement include human movement, information movement, and _____ movement?
A. Thought
B. Animal
C. Idea
C. Idea
Which of the five components of social studies is related to the creation, consumption, and transfer of wealth?
A. Economics
B. History
C. Civics and Government
A. Economics
Sammy was making a map in school, when her little sister Abby asked what the thingy at the bottom of the page was. Sammy said the “thingy” was called a ____ and was there to explain the symbols on the map.
A. Key
B. Grid System
C. Compass Rose
A. Key
Dylan knew Tennessee was northeast of South Carolina. She found this out by looking at the ______ on the map.
A. Compass Rose
B. Map Scale
C. Grid System
A. Compass Rose
Are the main languages, customs and beliefs a physical characteristic, or a human characteristic?
A.Human characteristic
B.Physical characteristic
A. Human characteristic
Geography is the science of living and non-living things on Earth and the way they _____each other.
A. Change
B. Affect
C. Effect
B. Affect
True or False
A Compass Rose shows North, East, South, and West, and a map scale shows the distance between the map and the real world.
True, these definitions fit the given words.
Jim was looking at a map of South Carolina. He wanted to know how far away Greenville was from Columbia. Which part of the map did he use?
A. Titles
B. Map scale
C. Key
B. Map Scale
True or False?
Humans depend, modify, and adapt to our environment.
True, humans depend on it for various resources, they modify it by building, farming, etc. People adapt to the environment by wearing suitable clothes, shoes, etc.
True or False?
Culture and Society involves knowledge and stories, religion, and culture.
True, Culture and Society is all about the beliefs and practices of a group, and people who share the same spatial and/or social territory.
True or False?
There is only one type of map, a political map.
False, there are also physical maps, topographical maps, and many other types. They are different because they have different visuals, textures, and/or characteristics.
Which part of the map shows you an area in detail or an area off or beyond the map?
A. Locator Map
B. Inset Map
C. Map Scale
B. Inset Map
Mrs. Pickens was on a vacation in Colorado. She wanted to know where the nearest Chick-Fil-A was, so she used her phone to find the address of the nearest Chick-Fil-A. What kind of location is this?
A. Relative
B. Absolute
C. Positive
B. Absolute
______ is the knowledge of the past to understand the present and make decisions for the future.
A. Books
B. Metacognition
C. History
C. History
Izzy saw a small globe that showed the location of her country, the USA, she asked her mom what it was. Do you know the answer to her question?
A. It’s a Inset Map
B. It’s a Locator Map
C. It’s a Political Map
B. It's a Locator Map
_______ measures the Earth from north to south. It has one great circle, the equator
A. Longitude
B. Map scale
C. Latitude
C. Latitude
Formal regions are defined by similar characteristics or _____ boundaries.
A. Civil
B. Governmental
C. Person
B. Governmental
True or False?
Culture and society is the act of applying knowledge of the structure of the government to make informed and reasonable decisions enhancing the public good.
False, this is civics and government, not culture and society!
True or False?
All longitude lines are Great Circles.
True, Great Circles are lines on the grid system that divide the Earth equally in half. All lines of longitude are Great Circles.