Worksheet

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. 1. What does a compass rose show on a map?

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  2. 2. What does a map scale help you find?

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  3. 3. What is a map legend?

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  4. 4. What do lines of latitude measure?

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  5. 5. What do lines of longitude measure?

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  6. 6. Which landform is high land with steep sides and a peak?

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  7. 7. What is a valley?

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  8. 8. What is a peninsula?

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  9. 9. What is the equator?

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  10. 10. What do contour lines on a map often show?

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