This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Cbse > Class 6 > Geography > Maps > Class 6 Geography Chapter 4 Maps – Quiz 1 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Class 6 Geography Chapter 4 Maps Quiz 1 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. ..... give a lot of information in a limited space A) LANDMARKS. B) BUILDINGS. C) SYMBOLS. D) CODES. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) SYMBOLS. 2. What is a cartographer? A) A person who makes maps. B) A person who pushes a cart. C) Another name for a geographer. D) A type of map. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A person who makes maps. 3. Political maps show natural features of the earth. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 4. A secondary source is a document that was created ..... the event A) After. B) During. C) Before. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) After. 5. The points in between the Cardinal directions are called ..... A) Important Directions. B) Easy directions. C) Intermediate Directions. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Intermediate Directions. 6. If we want to know the length and breadth of a room we can refer to a ..... A) FIGURE. B) PLAN. C) DESIGN. D) SKETCH. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) PLAN. 7. The component, ..... gives a lot of information about the map. A) Direction. B) Symbol. C) Distance. D) Thematic map. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Symbol. 8. Which of the following is tropical grassland? A) Taiga. B) Savannah. C) Pampas. D) Prairies. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Savannah. 9. The four major directions, north south west and east are called A) Pole star. B) Poles. C) Cardinal lines. D) Direction. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Cardinal lines. 10. Maps have a ..... language that can be understood by all A) Magic. B) Universal. C) Tough. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Universal. 11. A ..... is an instrument used to find out main directions. A) Physical map. B) Political map. C) Compass. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Compass. 12. Imaginary lines that run from left to right are an example of what? A) Coordinates. B) Latitude. C) Longitude. D) Region. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Latitude. 13. If you were looking at a map of the world and wanted to find the exact location of a country, what would you look for? A) The map legend. B) Lines of latitude and longitude. C) Symbols. D) The map key. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Lines of latitude and longitude. 14. The compass points at which direction? A) North. B) North-south. C) East-west. D) South. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) North-south. 15. What is used to explain the symbols used on a map? A) Map scale. B) Map key. C) Map legend. D) Symbol. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Map key. 16. A book of maps is called an A) Dictionary. B) Atlas. C) Globe. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Atlas. 17. Plan is a drawing of- A) Small area on a large scale. B) Large area on a small scale. C) Both (a) and (b). D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Small area on a large scale. 18. Lines of longitude are called meridians. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 19. What are the four cardinal points? A) North, south, distance and east. B) North, south, east and west. C) North west, east south, north east and south west. D) East, west, north and river. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) North, south, east and west. 20. The intersecting lines drawn on maps and globes are A) Geographic grids. B) Axis. C) Latitudes. D) Longitudes. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Geographic grids. 21. Which map shows the mountains and lakes on it? A) Historical map. B) Contour map. C) Physical map. D) Vegetation map. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Physical map. 22. What does "geo" mean? A) Earth. B) Water. C) Stone. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Earth. 23. What are the three components of a map A) Cities, towns and villages. B) Cities, distance and direction. C) East, west and south. D) Distance, direction and symbols. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Distance, direction and symbols. 24. ..... -photo of the Earth taken from satellites in orbit A) Aerial Photographs. B) Scale. C) Satellite Image. D) Globe. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Satellite Image. 25. Universal language of maps A) Conventional symbols. B) Signs. C) Directions. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Conventional symbols. 26. Lines of longitude run from ..... to ..... A) East to West. B) North to South. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) North to South. 27. A drawing of the earth's surface on a flat surface according to scale A) Sketch. B) Plan. C) Map. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Map. 28. Which part of a map helps you find the cardinal point of a place. A) Compass rose. B) Key. C) Title. D) Scale bar. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Compass rose. 29. What type of map would you use if you wanted to find the countries bordering Egypt? A) Topographic. B) Road. C) Political. D) Physical. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Political. 30. A scale is necessary A) For a map. B) For a sketch. C) For symbols. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) For a map. 31. ..... scale maps give more information than small scale maps A) Relief. B) Upper. C) Political. D) Large. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Large. 32. The art of preparing maps is called cartography. A) Yes. B) No. C) May be. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Yes. 33. What is the percent of the earth's total land of the continent Antarctica. A) 29.6. B) 5.7. C) 11.8. D) 9.5. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 9.5. 34. Lines of latitude run from ..... to ..... A) East to West. B) North to South. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) East to West. 35. A ..... is a drawing mainly based on memory and spot observation A) Portrait. B) DIAGRAM. C) SKETCH. D) CARTOON. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) SKETCH. 36. Which is a good example to use a map? A) When you're at 7-eleven and need to find chips. B) When you're looking for your lost notebook. C) When you want to find a ride at Six Flags. D) When you're looking for a friend. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) When you want to find a ride at Six Flags. 37. A parallel of latitude north of the equator. A) Tropic of Casper. B) Tropic of Candy. C) Tropic of Cancer. D) Tropic of Capricorn. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Tropic of Cancer. 38. Political maps usually show A) Space. B) Rivers, lakes, ponds. C) States, countries. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) States, countries. 39. Physical Maps depict A) Natural features of Earth. B) States, districts, towns, villages and national boundaries. C) Rainfall distribution in a region. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Natural features of Earth. 40. The direction arrow that says N is pointing towards ..... and is called the ..... line A) North, north. B) South, north. C) North, south. D) South, south. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) North, north. 41. How are lines of longitude and latitude measured? A) Miles. B) Ounces. C) Inches. D) Degrees. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Degrees. 42. What map feature tells you the ratio between size in real life and size in the map? A) Title. B) Scale. C) Legend. D) Compass. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Scale. 43. Maps showing natural features of the Earth are called ..... maps A) POLITICAL. B) TABLE. C) THEMATIC. D) PHYSICAL. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) PHYSICAL. 44. What is the ratio between the actual distance on the ground? A) Cardinal points. B) Scale. C) Distance. D) Both scale and distance. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Both scale and distance. 45. Which colour is used to show mountains on map. A) Green. B) Yellow. C) Brown. D) Red. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Brown. 46. Which type of map shows you government borders and names of cities? A) Physical. B) Historic. C) Demographic. D) Political. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Political. 47. Maps showing distribution of forest are A) Political map. B) Thematic map. C) Physcial map. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Thematic map. 48. There are ..... Components of Maps A) 2. B) 5. C) 3. D) 7. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 3. 49. To build a school, one would need a A) Plan. B) Sketch. C) Compass. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Plan. 50. A ..... shows a larger area then the main map. A) Scale bar. B) Locator map. C) Key. D) Compass rose. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Locator map. 51. What do we use to find the location of something on a map? A) GPS. B) Compass. C) Magnets. D) Grid system. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Grid system. 52. Are maps more useful then globes? A) Yes. B) No. C) No. D) Yess. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Yes. 53. The needle of a magnetic compass always points to the North-South direction. A) True. B) False. C) Not sure. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 54. What can you conclude from the fact that political maps often change, but physical maps rarely do? A) Political borders change more often than natural landmarks. B) Physical maps are updated far more frequently than political maps. C) Political mapmakers are constantly seeking out new information about geography. D) Every time there is an election, a political map must be updated. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Political borders change more often than natural landmarks. 55. The art and science of making maps A) Cartgraphy. B) Scale. C) Cartography. D) Atlas. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Cartography. 56. A map's scale indicates that 1 cm equals 10 km. Two cities are 8 cm apart. How far apart are they in real life? A) 10 km. B) 80 km. C) 800 km. D) 8 km. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 80 km. 57. ..... -model of the earth with the same round shape as the Earth itself A) Globe. B) Scale. C) Map. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Globe. 58. Atlas was a ..... god who carried the World on his shoulders A) Roman. B) Italian. C) Spanish. D) Greek. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Greek. 59. What is a drawing of a small area on a large scale? A) Sketch. B) Broad gauge. C) Plan. D) Both sketch and plan. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Plan. 60. Which type of map shows you landforms and natural features? A) Political. B) Historic. C) Demographic. D) Physical. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Physical. 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