Map Reading-1 Quiz

The difference between True North and Magnetic North is called

__________ is the point to which the compass needle points.

______________ are symbols used to represent certain artificial or natural features/objects on the map.

The Methods of Expressing a Scale are

North, South, East and West are known as the ____________.

How many types of North are there?

_____________ is the slope of the ground expressed as the angle the ground makes with the horizontal.

__________ is the geographical representation of land on a paper.

The amount of the Magnetic Variation depends upon

___________ is the proportion which the distances between the two points on the map that relates to the distance between two points on the ground.

___________ is applied to the shape of the ground in a vertical plane.

A line drawn on the map joining up all points of equal height above sea level is called

In addition to four Cardinal Points and four intermediate four major directions, there are _______________ minor directions.

Grid References are of

The  three types of North are

On a Map, _____________ lines are the black colour vertical lines and ______________ lines are the black colour horizontal lines respectively.

The angular difference between Grid and True North is called

The network of purple lines, some running north and south and others west and east which form a series of small squares all over the map are called _______________.

The two types of slopes are

The clock wise angle formed by a line joining two points and the North and South line is called _________.