Part 1: Map Reading

Question 1

Which lines go North-South

Answer 1

Longitude

Question 2

Which lines go East-West

Answer 2

Latitude

Question 3

Which series of maps are most often used for navigation, walking, etc?

Answer 3

M726 series

Question 4

What scale are M726 series maps?

Answer 4

1:50,000

Question 5

What scale is used for long-distance air navigation?

Answer 5

1:1,000,000

Question 6

How many norths are there?

Answer 6

3: True North, Grid North, Magnetic North

Question 7

What are Trig points?

Answer 7

Small concrete pillars, blue triangle on map

Question 8

What is Relief?

Answer 8

Rise and fall of the ground

Question 9

How widely spaced are contour lines?

Answer 9

10 metre intervals (every 5th line is thicker)

Question 10

Contour lines are continuous except where?

Answer 10

At a cliff face

Question 11

If contour lines are close together, what does this mean?

Answer 11

Steep slope

Question 12

If contour lines are widely spaced, what does this mean?

Answer 12

Gentle slope

Question 13

What does PC stand for on a map?

Answer 13

Public Convenience (ie toilet)

Question 14

What does PH stand for on a map?

Answer 14

Public House (pub)

Question 15

What does P stand for on a map?

Answer 15

Post Office

Question 16

What does CG stand for on a map?

Answer 16

Coastguard

Question 17

What does MS stand for on a map?

Answer 17

Mile Stone

Question 18

What is a roamer?

Answer 18

A device with tenths marked out in different scales along one edge – to assist with 6 figure grid references

Question 19

What do 4 figure grid references refer to?

Answer 19

A given square on a map (SW corner)

Question 20

What do 6 figure grid references refer to?

Answer 20

A specific point on a map

Question 21

How can you work out if one place can be seen from another?

Answer 21

Draw a cross-section