Map Skills

Links verified on 12/23/11

1. A Map for All Reasons - Drag and drop each map part to the correct situation.
2. Are We There Yet? - Answer ten questions by reading information from maps.
3. Distance and Direction on Maps - Each map is at a different scale and expresses the scale in a different form: bar scale, statement of equivalency and representative fraction.
4. Find your Longitude - Play an interactive game on the NOVA site to help understand why it is that having a precise timepiece (also known as a chronometer) helps you determine your longitude.
5. Gradient Quiz - Use the scale on a map to understand gradient.
6. Labeling Contours Quiz - Use data from a map to determine contours.
7. Latitude and Longitude quiz - Find the latitude and longitude on selected points on a globe in this online quiz that checks answers.
8. Map and Globe Quiz - Test your knowledge on identifying the parts of a map and a globe. A quiz from Quia.
9. Map Reading Activities - Practice reading maps using compasses, latitude, longitude and more.
10. Map Skills Quiz - Take this quiz to test your knowledge of reading maps.
11. Menus of Topics and Quizzes - An index of topics and indexes on maps, offered by David J. Leveson at CUNY in Brooklyn, NY.
12. Quiz on Degrees and Minutes - Part of understanding map scale is understanding degrees and minutes. Quiz on degrees, minutes, and seconds.
13. Reading Map Symbols - Identify symbols with words.
14. What's On a Map? - Answer eight questions about using various parts of a map.