Yussuf.net Quiz 43: map skills and directions

Questions

  1. What are the four cardinal directions?
  2. What line divides the Earth into Northern and Southern Hemispheres?
  3. What do you call a map that shows countries and borders?
  4. What is the imaginary line at 0° longitude called?
  5. What does a compass rose show?
  6. Which direction is opposite east?
  7. What is the line of latitude at 23.5°N called?
  8. What tool measures distances on a map?
  9. What is a topographic map used for?
  10. Which hemisphere is Australia in?

Answers

  1. North, South, East, West
  2. The Equator
  3. Political map
  4. Prime Meridian
  5. Directions
  6. West
  7. Tropic of Cancer
  8. Map scale
  9. Showing elevation and landforms
  10. Southern Hemisphere