Geography Skills Test Quiz
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If you have good geography skills one thing you should know is how to read a map or the globe. The quiz below will give test out what you know about longitudes, latitudes, features and other geographical elements. Give it a shot and see how skilled you are as a geography student.
- 1.Using the graph below, which city is the farthest north? City Latitude Longitude Cape Town, South Africa 34°S 18°E Pontianik, Indonesia 0° 109°E Nome, Alaska 65°N 165°W Quito Ecuador 0° 79°W Stockholm, Sweden 59°N 18°E Wellington, New Zealand 41°S 175°E
- A.
Cape Town, South Africa
- B.
Nome, Alaska
- C.
Stockholm, Sweden
- D.
Wellington, New Zealand
- 2.
- A.
Pontianik, Indonesia
- B.
Stockholm, Sweden
- C.
Wellington, New Zealand
- D.
Quito, Ecuador
- 3.The north pole is located at what degrees?
- A.
180 degrees west longitude
- B.
0 degrees latitude
- C.
90 degrees north latitude
- D.
90 degrees north longitude
- 4.How many time zones are in the world?
- A.
12
- B.
24
- C.
18
- D.
4
- 5.Longitude runs ______________________but measures__________________
- A.
North and South, East and West
- B.
East and West, North and South
- C.
Equator, prime meridian
- D.
South, North
- 6.The Equator circles Earth
- A.
Halfway between the north and south poles
- B.
At the same location as the International Date Line
- C.
Around Earth at 66 º N
- D.
By the Prime Meridian
- 7.The Prime Meridian is a
- A.
Line of latitude
- B.
Imaginary line that splits the Earth into Northern and Southern Hemispheres
- C.
Imaginary line that splits the Earth into Eastern and Western Hemispheres
- D.
Cousin of the Transformer Optimus Prime
- 8.
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What body of water is the Question Mark- A.
Pacific Ocean
- B.
Atlantic Ocean
- C.
Indian Ocean
- D.
Arctic Ocean
- 9.
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If you were in Australia, which two hemispheres would you be in- A.
North and South
- B.
West and South
- C.
East and South
- D.
North and East
- 10.The study of the Earth's surface is known as______________
- A.
History
- B.
Radiology
- C.
Geology
- D.
Geography
- 11.This is an example of a
- A.
Map
- B.
Yellowstone National Park
- C.
Legend
- D.
Smokey the Bear's playground
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