Stiles 2018-Map Skills Test

Question 1

5 parts of a map

Answer 1

Title
Compass
Scale
Legend
Locator Map

Question 2

A model of the earth

Answer 2

Globe

Question 3

Two halves of the globe that are divided by the equator and prime meridian

Answer 3

Hemispheres

Question 4

Measures of latitude and longitude line

Answer 4

Degree

Question 5

Main line of latitude; imaginary line that circles the globe halfway

Answer 5

Equator

Question 6

East west lines that measure the distance north and south of the equator

Answer 6

Latitude

Question 7

North south lines that measure the distance east and west of the prime meridian

Answer 7

Longitude

Question 8

Formed by imaginary lines of latitude(east-west) and longitude(north - south) in a pattern

Answer 8

Grid

Question 9

Smaller units of a degree to measure lines of latitude and longitude

Answer 9

Minutes

Question 10

Flat diagram of all or just part of the Earth’s surface

Answer 10

Map

Question 11

Different ways for drawing the Earth flat

Answer 11

Map projections

Question 12

Another name for lines of longitude

Answer 12

Meridians

Question 13

Main line of longitude; imaginary line that runs through Greenwich, England at 0 degrees

Answer 13

Prime Meridian

Question 14

Another name for lines of latitude

Answer 14

Parallels

Question 15

Area of rugged land that rises higher than 2000 feet

Answer 15

Mountain

Question 16

Extremely dry area with little water and very few plants

Answer 16

Desert

Question 17

A piece of land surrounded by water

Answer 17

Island

Question 18

Natural flow of water that runs through land

Answer 18

River

Question 19

Area of land near an ocean

Answer 19

Coast

Question 20

Area of land that sticks out into a lake or an ocean

Answer 20

Peninsula