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Map Skills and Landforms
Practice geography with questions about compass directions, map scales, legends, latitude, longitude, and major landforms.
- Subject
- Geography
- Grade
- Middle School
- Difficulty
- Medium
- Questions
- 10
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1. What does a compass rose show on a map?
- A. Directions
- B. Population only
- C. Weather only
- D. Book chapters
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2. What does a map scale help you find?
- A. Real distance
- B. Soil color only
- C. The oldest city
- D. Only elevation
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3. What is a map legend?
- A. A key explaining symbols
- B. A fictional hero
- C. A type of river
- D. A weather pattern
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4. What do lines of latitude measure?
- A. Distance north or south of the equator
- B. Distance inside a cave
- C. Age of a mountain
- D. Depth of a bookshelf
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5. What do lines of longitude measure?
- A. Distance east or west of the prime meridian
- B. Only rainfall
- C. Only soil layers
- D. Distance from the Moon
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6. Which landform is high land with steep sides and a peak?
- A. Mountain
- B. Plain
- C. Valley
- D. Delta
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7. What is a valley?
- A. Low land between higher areas
- B. A ring of ocean water
- C. A map title
- D. A city border
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8. What is a peninsula?
- A. Land almost surrounded by water
- B. Water surrounded by land
- C. A mountain top
- D. A desert wind
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9. What is the equator?
- A. An imaginary line around Earth's middle
- B. A mountain range
- C. A river in Europe
- D. A type of map symbol
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10. What do contour lines on a map often show?
- A. Elevation and shape of land
- B. Only country flags
- C. Only city names
- D. Ocean temperature only
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