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 World Map Quiz

Welcome to the QuizMoz World Map Quiz. QuizMoz offers one of the Internet's largest collection of quizzes for you to tease your brain and pit your wits against the experienced QuizMoz quiz masters. Go ahead and find out what you know about yourself and the world around you. Best of luck!!

 World Map Quiz Facts
 Average Score for this quiz: 56.5%
 No of times this quiz has been taken: 229
 No of people passing this quiz: 176
 No of people failing this quiz: 53
 Maximum score for this quiz: 92%

Coverage : Take the World Map Quiz and test your knowledge on the different types of world maps and their purpose.

1. A map of the surface of the Earth is called:
a.T-O map
b.World map
c.Zonal map
d.Quadripartite map
 
2. The purpose of a political map is to show:
a.Geographical features
b.Geological features
c.Territorial boundaries
d.Elevations
 
3. The purpose of a physical map is to show:
a.Geographical features
b.Geological features
c.Territorial boundaries
d.Elevations
 
4. Map that is characteristic of the underlying rock, fault lines, and subsurface structures is called:
a.The Hereford map
b.Political map
c.Geological map
d.Physical map
 
5. The method of translating the three-dimensional real surface of the geoid to a two-dimensional picture is called:
a.Charting
b.Projection
c.Outlining
d.Sketching
 
6. The best-known world-map projection is the:
a.Bottomley projection
b.Lambert conformal conic projection
c.Mercator Projection
d.Chamberlin projection
 
7. Airplane pilots use aeronautical charts based on:
a.Albers projection
b.Lambert conformal conic projection
c.Behrmann projection
d.Bonne projection
 
8. Term used to describe Medieval European maps of the world is:
a.Topographical map of the world
b.Elevation map
c.Mappa mundi
d.Reversed map
 
9. Map that illustrates only the habitable portion of the world known in Roman and Medieval times is:
a.Piri Reis map
b.Ptolemy world map
c.T-O map
d.Cantino world map
 
10. The map that depicts the world from Classical times to the Age of Discovery and the emergence of modern Geography is:
a.Political world map
b.Ancient world maps
c.Geological world map
d.Physical world map
 
11. A map based on the description of the world contained in Ptolemy's book Geographia is:
a.Piri Reis map
b.Ptolemy world map
c.Fra Mauro world map
d.Cantino world map
 
12. Which world map shows Australia and New Zealand at the top of the map instead of the bottom?
a.De Virga world map
b.Reversed map
c.Kangnido map
d.Bianco world map
 

 
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What others think about World Map
By: Coburn on Nov 20, 2008
  I DONT LOVE GEOGRAPHY!
By: Samuel on Nov 12, 2008
  It is an interesting way to learn.
By: Bob on Nov 7, 2008
  Love this world!!!
By: Tim on Nov 1, 2008
  Geography Rocks!
By: jack on Oct 27, 2008
  its nice way to increase knowledge
By: gopal on Jul 31, 2008
  it is very innovative nature
By: venkata subramanian on Jul 7, 2008
  Very Useful
  



 





 
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