What's the Word?
What's the definition?
Maps
General Knowledge
True or False
100

The label of a spherical model of Earth's entire surface.

What is a globe?

100
Elevation is
What is height above sea level?
100

For the Global Positioning System (GPS) to work, at any given time there must be at least this many satelites running.

What is 3?

100

Computer mapmakers digitize map data so that they can do this.

What is display the data on a computer screen. 

100

A scale is the feature of a map that relates a distance on the map to a distance on Earth's surface.

What is True

200
height above sea level
What is elevation?
200
Topographic/contour maps
What is a map used to show landforms related to elevation of a certain area?
200
Gently sloping land is shown by lines that are _______________.
What is far apart?
200

It is a satellite-based system that can precisely determine latitude and longitude for points on Earth's surface.

What is the Global Positioning System?

200

A group of mountains closely related in shape, structure, and age is a mountain range. 

What is True?

300
maps that use lines to represent differences in elevation
What is a topographic or contour map?
300

This is a word that is used for an area is determined by the area's elevation, relief, and landforms. 

What is a topography?

300

To locate positions on Earth's surface, scientists use units called

What are degrees?

300

You travel a total of                     degrees if you circle the globe completely and return to the spot from where you departed.

What is 360?

300

On a road map, the map key shows the symbol that represents a highway.
True or False?

What is True?

400

It is a landform that has high elevation and a more or less level surface.

What is a plateau?

400

Its distance in degrees east or west of the prime meridian is called this.

What is longitude?

400

The                      of the South Pole is 90° south.

What Latitude

400

It is the vast, flat or gently rolling grassland in the interior of North America.

What are the Great Planes?

400

The prime meridian circles Earth halfway between the North and South poles. 

(True or False)

What False?

500
The difference in elevation between contour lines is known as the contour _____________.
What is interval?
500

This is the difference between the highest and lowest parts of an area.

What is relief?

500

Its location listed is farthest from the prime meridian? 

  A 10° N 25° W
  B 10° S 25° E
  C 25° S 40° E
  D 40° N 35° W

What is  C 25° S 40° E?

500

It is a major difference between a coastal plain and an interior plain.

What is elevation?

500

The Rocky Mountains have low relief and high elevation. 

(True or false)

What is False.

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