Mapping Skills Worksheet: Grade 8

This worksheet assesses grade 8 students' understanding of mapping skills, including map elements, types of maps, and reading coordinates.

Grade 8 Social studies GeographyMapping Skills

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D2.Geo.1.6-8. Explain how the physical and human characteristics of places and regions are connected to human identities and cultures.D2.Geo.2.6-8. Use maps, satellite images, photographs, and other representations to explain relationships between the locations of places and regions and their environmental and cultural characteristics.

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Mapping Skills Assessment

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Read each question carefully and provide your best answer. For multiple-choice questions, circle the correct option. For short answer, write your response in the space provided.

1. Which of the following is NOT a main element of a map?

Scale

Compass Rose

Legend

Photograph

2. A map that shows elevation and landforms using contour lines is called a:

Political map

Thematic map

Topographic map

Road map

3. The imaginary lines running east and west around the Earth, parallel to the Equator, are called .

4. The is the ratio between a distance on a map and the corresponding distance on the ground.

5. Explain the difference between absolute location and relative location.

6. A physical map primarily shows boundaries of countries, states, and cities.

True

False

7. Refer to the world map below to answer the following questions:

a. Name a continent that lies mostly in the tropical biome.

b. Which ocean borders the eastern coast of North America?