Map Skills Pretest
1. What does a cartographer do?
a. makes graphs & charts
b. designs greeting cards
c. creates maps
d. builds carts and wagons
2. What is the name of the 0° longitude line?
a. Equator
b. Arctic Circle
c. First line
d. Prime Meridian
3. What is the name for the grid address that is found when you know the exact latitude and longitude of a
place?
a. general location
b. relative location
c. cardinal direction
d. absolute location
4. Where is the Eastern Hemisphere located?
a. above the Equator
b. below the Equator
c. to the left of the Prime Meridian
d. to the right of the Prime Meridian
5. In what unit are lines of latitude and longitude measured?
a. degrees
b. miles
c. feet
d. inches
6. If you want to locate mountains, rivers, and deserts, what kind of map would you need?
a. Political
b. Historical
c. Distribution
d. Physical
7. If you want to locate a country or a city, what kind of map would you need?
a. Historical
b. Political
c. Physical
d. Relief
8. What direction do you travel to get from Texas to North Dakota?
a. north
b. south
c. east
d. west
9. Which of these states extends farthest to the south?
a. California
b. South Dakota
c. Louisiana
d. Florida
10. Which state lies southeast of Ohio?
a. Michigan
b. West Virginia
c. Kentucky
d. Indiana
11. How does a GPS system collect navigation information?
a. Using radar systems
b. Using a group of satellites
c. Using underwater sonar
d. Using phone lines
Use this map for questions 12 & 13
12. According to the map scale, approximately how long is the Red Sea? (from the northern tip in Egypt to the
southern tip near Yemen)
a. 400 miles
b. 1200 miles
c. 120 miles
d. 2000 miles
13. Which country is more than 1000 miles from the southern border of Kazakhstan?
a. Oman
b. Iran
c. Russia
d. Afghanistan
Use this photograph & map for questions 14 & 15
Aerial photograph of Hong Kong
Map of Hong Kong
14. Look at the photograph and map of Hong Kong. What advantage does the map have over the photograph?
a. The map show physical features and landforms.
b. The map shows how land in Hong Kong is used.
c. The map shows the location of political features such as towns and international boundaries.
d. The map is has all the streets labeled.
15. What advantage does the photograph have over the map?
a. The photograph makes it easier to calculate distances.
b. The photograph gives a better idea about how land is used in Hong Kong.
c. The photograph shows political boundaries.
d. The photograph would help you move around the city.
16. What is one advantage of using a globe instead of a map?
a. The globe is a scale model of the actual Earth, so shapes & sizes of continents are accurate.
b. The globe shows economic data.
c. A globe shows more detail than a map.
d. A globe is always the newest, most up-to-date information.
17. The picture to the right shows map projections. What is the reason that there
are many different projections?
a. No one knows exactly what the world looks like.
b. Cartographers make their own projections so they can be famous.
c. The projections are different ways of trying to take the Earth and show
it on a flat map.
d. Each projection show the Earth at a different time in history.
Use this map for questions 18-21
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18. Where do the Equator and Prime Meridian meet?
a. Algeria
b. Gabon
c. Mali
d. Atlantic Ocean
19. In which country would you find 30°N, 15°E?
a. Libya
b. Morocco
c. Chad
d. Algeria
20. What is the location of the point of the pencil?
a. 2°E, 13°N
b. 2°W, 7°N
c. 7°N, 2°E
d. 12°N, 2°E
21. Based on the latitudes & longitudes shown on this map, which of the following would mostly likely
describe this region?
a. Hot summers, very cold winters
b. Hot all year, with rainforests likely
c. Cold all year, with large areas of ice that never melt
d. 4 distinct seasons with snowy winters and warm summers.
Use this map for questions 22-25
22. If a plane was at 40°N, 100°E, what would it be flying over?
a. Atlantic Ocean
b. North America
c. Indian Ocean
d. Asia
23. Which shape is closest to the South Pole?
a. arrow
b. triangle
c. circle
d. star
24. What is the location of the triangle?
a. 0°, 0°
b. 12°S, 30°E
c. 30°E, 12°S
d. 12°E, 30°S
25. What is the location of the circle?
a. 80°N, 30°E
b. 30°N, 80°E
c. 30°N, 150°E
d. 30°N, 150°W