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21-22: Chapter 1- Map Skills Test

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Coordinates: Use the map to answer the following questions.

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Map Scale for Distance: Use the map to answer the following question

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Multiple Choice: Answer the following questions by choosing the best answer

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Which letter is pointing to the map legend?

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C

Which letter is pointing to the map title?

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B

C

Which letter is pointing to the Compass Rose?

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B

C

Africa

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B

C

D

North America

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B

C

D

South America

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B

C

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Europe

B

C

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Asia

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Australia

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Antarctica

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Atlantic Ocean

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Indian Ocean

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Arctic Ocean

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What is relative location?

The precise point where a place is located on earth

Where a place is located in relation to another place

The way of representing the sperical Earth on a flat surface

None of the above

What do geographers use to locate the absolute location of any place on Earth?

Map Scale

Map Legend

Map Title

Global Grid (Latitude and Longitude)

What is a set of numbers that describe the exact location of a place on the map called?

map grid

coordinates

revolution

relative location

What is the line of latitude that is located at 0 degrees and separates the Northern and Southern Hemispheres?

Prime Meridian

Equator

Southern Hemisphere

Northern Hemisphere

What is labeled at 0 degrees longitude, passes through Greenwich, England, and separates the Eastern and Western hemispheres?

Prime Meridian

Equator

Southern Hemisphere

Northern Hemisphere

What is the rotation of Earth?

The distance from the Earth to the Sun

one complete orbit by Earth around the sun

Earth's axis is tilted

The spinning motion of Earth around its axis

What is a revolution of Earth?

The distance from the Earth to the Sun

one complete orbit by Earth around the sun

Earth's axis is tilted

The spinning motion of Earth around its axis

What city is located at approximately (46°N, 74°W)?

Los Angeles

Istanbul

Mexico City

Quebec City

What are the coordinates of Melbourne, Australia?

(36°S, 152°E)

(38°S, 145°E)

(38°N, 145°E)

(36°N, 152°W)

What are the coordinates of Los Angeles, CA?

(34°S, 119°E)

(17°N, 100°W)

(34°N, 119°W)

(17°S, 100°W)

Which city's coordinates are (31°N, 121°E)?

Shanghai

Mombasa

Los Angeles

Tokyo

If the map scale in the map above is 1 inch long? How many miles would 3 inches measure?

50 miles

75 miles

30 miles 

100 miles

How far is the distance between Falls Church and Arlington?

5 miles

10 miles

3.5 miles 

9 miles

How far is the distance between Annandale and Camp Springs?

10 miles

15 miles

17 miles 

20 miles

A meridian of longitude is an imaginary line that runs_____________________________________________.

parallel to the Arctic Circle

parallel to the Tropic of Cancer

from the North Pole to the South Pole

from the Prime Meridian to the International Date Line

What causes the changing of the seasons throughout the year?

The rotation of Earth around its axis

The tilt of Earth's axis toward the Sun

The distance between the Sun and Earth

The division of Earth into hemispheres

What does a map's scale compare?

Direction on a map with the region of Earth

Direction on a map with distance on Earth

Location on a map with location on a globe

Distortion on a map with distortion on a globe