Maps and Globes
Geography
Map Reading Skills
Map Reading Skills
Brain POP
100

What is another word for a map maker?

What is a Cartographer?

100

Which type of geography looks at man-made features?

What is cultural geography?

100

Which continent lies southeast of North America?

What is South America?

100

What direction is Europe from ___________ Africa?

What is north?

100

Which continent has no permanent residents?

What is Antarctica?

200

What shape is a map?

What is flat or 2-D?

200

Deserts are an example of what type of geography?

What is physical geography?

200

Which two continents are east of North America?

What is Africa and Europe?

200

The United States is ________ (direction) of the Pacific Ocean.

What is east?

200

If you're having trouble figuring out what the symbols on a map represent where would you look?

What is the legend or key?

300

Which is especially useful for driving directions?

What is a map?

300

Climate is an example of what type of geography?

What is physical geography?

300

The country Greenland is part of which continent?

What is North America?

300

The continent ________ is located southwest of Africa.

What is South America?

300

Which of the following would mark the boundary between two continents- a lake or an ocean?

What is an ocean?

400

Which distorts the shapes and sizes of things?

What is a map?

400

Physical geography looks at _______ features of the earth?

What is natural?

400

Which oceans border Asia?

What is Indian Ocean, Pacific Ocean, and Arctic Ocean?

400

Asia is _________ (direction) of Australia.

What is northwest?

400

On which continent does the majority of the world's population live?

What is Asia?

500

Which shows great circle routes, and is especially useful for navigating airplanes and ships?

What is a globe?

500

Countries and capitals are examples of what type of geography?

What is cultural geography?

500

What parallel is located at 0°?

What is the Equator?

500

Where in the world is the year-round climate the hottest?

What is the Equator?

500

A map scale indicates that 1 cm equals 10 km. How far apart are two cities in real life if they are 7 1/2 cm apart on the map?

What is 75 kilometers?