Applying Vocabulary
Vocabulary
Map Symbols
Global Grid
Maps
100
You invite a friend to play soccer at a park. You tell him the park's exact address and he puts it into his GPS. By doing this, he is using:
A. absolute location.
B. latitude.
C. map projection.
D. relative location.
A. absolute location.
100
The scientific study of the Earth and how people and the environment interact.
A. relative location.
B. distortion.
C. absolute location.
D. geography.
D. geography.
100
What is the purpose of a compass rose?
A. to identify symbols on a map
B. to indicate directions on a map
C. to tell what the map shows
D. to allow people to locate any point on Earth
B. to indicate directions on a map
100
Which of the following run east and west around the globe?
A. International Date Line
B. longitude
C. latitude
D. prime meridian
C. latitude
100
What two continents are NOT located in the eastern hemisphere?
A. North American & Asia
B. North American & South America
C. Asia & Europe
D. Australia & Europe
B. North American & South America
200
You invite a friend to play basketball at a park. You tell him the park is two blocks north of the school. You have just described the park’s
A. absolute location.
B. latitude.
C. map projection.
D. relative location.
D. relative location.
200
The precise points where a place is located on Earth.
A. absolute location.
B. latitude.
C. map projection.
D. relative location.
A. absolute location.
200
A synonym (another word) for map legend is map
A. guide.
B. grid.
C. translator.
D. key.
D. key.
200
Which of the following run north and south around the globe?
A. International Date Line
B. longitude
C. latitude
D. equator
B. longitude
200
What continent is located at the coordinates 45 N and 150 W
A. South America
B. Europe
C. Australia
D. North America
D. North America
300
Another name for the global grid (absolute location) is _______
A. latitude and longitude lines
B. latitude prim meridian
C. map projection.
D. relative absolute location.
A. latitude and longitude lines
300
A change in the shape, size, or position of a place when it is shown on a map.
A. absolute location.
B. distortion.
C. map projection.
D. relative location.
B. distortion.
300
Which of the following is an intermediate direction?
A. north
B. compass rose
C. southwest
D. latitude
C. southwest
300
What is the most important line of latitude?
A. International Date Line
B. equator
C. prime meridian
D. prime equator
B. equator
300
What should be at the TOP of this map?
A. Compass
B. Title
C. Map Scale
D. Coordinates
B. Title
400
What is the main problem with showing a spherical Earth on a flat map?
A. Only globes can accurately show distances.
B. The size, shape, and position of Earth’s features are distorted.
C. Maps are more difficult to carry around than globes are.
D. The map must be enormous to show any amount of detail.
B. The size, shape, and position of Earth’s features are distorted.
400
A way of representing the spherical Earth on a flat surface.
A. absolute location.
B. distortion.
C. map projection.
D. relative location.
C. map projection.
400
A place’s absolute location is where a line of latitude and a line of longitude meet. These lines' numbers are its geographic ___________.
- A. coordinates
B. compass rose
C. grid
D. latitude
- A. coordinates
400
What is the most important line of longitude?
A. International Date Line
B. equator
C. prime meridian
D. prime equator
C. prime meridian
400
Out of the five sports, which sport had the MOST male participation?
A. Tennis
B. Football
C. Cricket
D. Basketball
A. Tennis
500
Which statement about map projections is true?
A. All map projections have some kind of distortion.
B. Geographers use map projections that eliminate all distortions.
C. No map projection can accurately show the sizes of places.
D. All map projections distort the shapes of places.
A. All map projections have some kind of distortion.
500
Where a place is located in relation to another place.
A. absolute location.
B. distortion.
C. map projection.
D. relative location.
D. relative location.
500
What does a map scale show?
- A. cardinal directions
B. intermediate directions
C. distance
D. global grid
C. distance
500
When using coordinates, which global grid goes first?
A. latitude
- B. longitude
- C. map
- D. legend
A. latitude
500
Out of the five sports, which sport had the LEAST female participation?
A. Tennis
B. Football
C. Cricket
D. Basketball
B. Football