Ch 1 Section 3 Representing Earth's Surface
This quiz will provide feedback of your understand of concepts in Unit 3 of Chapter 1. Please Read Each question carefully.
- 1.On the global grid, the prime meridian is at ___________ .
- A.
0 degrees latitude
- B.
90 degress longitude
- C.
0 degrees longitude
- 2.
Differences in elevation are BEST shown using a _________________ .- A.
Mercator projection map
- B.
Robinson projection map
- C.
Topographic map
- 3.Which of the following uses colors and symbols to represent concepts on a map?
- A.
Legend
- B.
Scale
- C.
Latitude
- D.
Time zone
- 4.When we say that a city is located at longitude 120°E, we mean that it is located
- A.
West of the Prime Meridian.
- B.
East of the Equator.
- C.
North of the Equator.
- D.
East of the Prime Meridian.
- 5.
What type of map is this?
- A.
Small scale
- B.
Large scale
- 6.
What type of map is this?
- A.
Economic Activity
- B.
Physical
- C.
Political
- D.
Population Density
- 7.How many standard time zones are there in the world?
- A.
8
- B.
12
- C.
16
- D.
24
- 8.
What type of map is this? (Type political, physical, or thematic. SPELLING COUNTS!)
- 9.
This map is a (type political, physical, or thematic. SPELLING COUNTS!)
- 10.
Where is this map most distorted?
- A.
Near the Equator
- B.
In the high latitudes
- C.
In the low latitudes
- D.
In the middle latitudes
- 11.
This map projection is best for
- A.
Showing the oceans clearly.
- B.
Seeing the true size and shape of the continents, because it is not distorted.
- C.
Showing the distances between the continents.
- D.
Seeing Antarctica.
- 12.Why is it hard to make a map of the world?
- A.
It is hard to make a round shape perfectly flat.
- B.
The world is too big.
- C.
The mountains are too high.
- D.
People can't agree on how to draw it.
- 13.
What type of map is this? (type political, physical or thematic. SPELLING COUNTS!)
- 14.
This map is really distorted.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 15.Longitude starts at an imaginary line running through Greenwich, England. What is the name of this imaginary line?
- A.
Prime Meridian
- B.
Internation date line
- C.
Continental divide
- 16.
Which region of Mexico has the MOST volcanoes?
- A.
Northern Mexico
- B.
Southern Mexico
- C.
The eastern coast
- 17.Which is a measure of how far East or West you are traveling?
- A.
Latitude
- B.
Longitude
- C.
Attitude
- D.
Altitude
- 18.90 degrees north of the Equator is the ...
- A.
Prime Meridian
- B.
International Date Line
- C.
Arctic Circle
- D.
Equator
- E.
North Pole
- 19.An imaginary line that circles the Earth at 0 degrees latitude is called the.....
- A.
Prime Meridian
- B.
International Date Line
- C.
Arctic Circle
- D.
Equator
- E.
North Pole
- 20.Which is a measure of how far East or West you are traveling?
- A.
Latitude
- B.
Longitude
- C.
Attitude
- D.
Altitude
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