Geography

Map Skills

Map Terms

Globe Terms

Globe Skills

100

What is the study/science of the Earth's surfaces?

A) Geology

B) Government

C) Biology

D) Geography

100

What are the Cardinal Directions on a Compass Rose going clockwise?

North, East, South, West

100

What is a symbolic representation of an area of land or sea showing physical features?

A) Atlas

B) Map

C) Legend

D) Map Scale

B) Map

100

What is the half of the Earth that lies West of the Meridian?

A) Western Hemisphere

B) Equator

C) Eastern Hemisphere

D) Prime Meridian

A) Western Hemisphere

100

What is the number 1 on the globe depicting?

A) Prime Meridian

B) North Pole

C) South Pole

D) Equator

A) Prime Meridian

200

What is the world's main expanse of land?

A) Regions

B) Continents

C) States

D) Countries

B) Continents

200

What are the Intermediate Directions on the Compass Rose going clockwise?

Northeast, Southeast, Southwest, Northeast

200

What is a circle showing the direction on a map or chart?

A) Atlas

B) Compass Rose

C) Map Scale

D) Coordinates

B) Compass Rose

200

What is an imaginary line around the Earth that is an equal distance from both poles?

A) International Date Line

B) Mercator Projection

C) Equator

D) Southern Hemisphere

C) Equator

200

What is the number 2 on the globe depicting?

A) Eastern Hemisphere

B) International Date Line

C) Western Hemisphere

D) Equator

300

What deals with the natural features and processes?

A) Physical Geography

B) Geography

C) Geology

D) Human Geography

A) Physical Geography

300

What symbol represents where people would go to

camp?

The park symbol

300

What is a key or symbols that appear on a map?

A) Map

B) Atlas

C) Compass Rose

D) Legend

300

What is the half of the Earth between the South Pole and Equator?

A) Northern Hemisphere

B) Mercator Projection

C) Southern Hemisphere

D) Prime Meridian

C) Southern Hemisphere

300

What continents are numbers 1-7 depicting?

1) North America 2) South America 3) Europe

4) Africa 5) Asia 6) Australia 7) Antarctica

400

What deals with how activity affects the Earth's surface?

A) Geography

B) Human Geography

C) Physical Geography

D) Mercator Projection

B) Human Geography

400

If someone was needing transportation, what symbol would be helpful?

The bus stop symbol

400

What is a depiction of the geographic features of an area?

A) Globe

B) Political Map

C) Map Legend

D) Physical Map

400

What is an imaginary line that runs from the North to the South Pole?

A) Equator

B) Prime Meridian

C) Mercator Projection

D) International Date Line

400

What is the globe depicting below?

A) Latitude

B) Northern Hemisphere

C) Western Hemisphere

D) Longitude

A) Latitude

500

What are the 5 themes of geography?

A) Latitude, Longitude, Compass, Legend and Map Scale

B) Location, Region, Direction, Place, and Human-Environment Interaction

C) Location, Physical, Region, Direction, and Human

D) Location, Place, Region, Movement, and Human-Environment Interaction

500

What direction is the campfire of the sleeping tents?

Northeast

500

What is a depiction of the geographic boundaries?

A) Political Map

B) Coordinates

C) Map Scale

D) Physical Map

A) Political Map

500

What divides the Earth into the Eastern and Western Hemisphere?

A) Eastern Hemisphere

B) International Date Line

C) Prime Meridian

D) Western Hemisphere

C) Prime Meridian

500

What is the globe depicting below?

A) Prime Meridian

B) Longitude

C) Southern Hemisphere

D) Latitude

B) Longitude