Types of Maps
Physical, political, thematic, topographic and more — plus the Mercator projection and how different maps show different things.
- Difficulty:
- medium
- Questions:
- 10
Questions in this quiz
Q1. What does a physical map mainly show?
- • Time zones only
- • Natural features such as mountains, rivers, and plains
- • Election districts only
- • Language families only
Q2. What type of map mainly shows boundaries, countries, states, and cities?
- • Topographic map
- • Political map
- • Climate map
- • Geologic map
Q3. What is a thematic map?
- • A map focused on a particular subject
- • A map that never uses color
- • A map without labels
- • A map of only oceans
Q4. What kind of map shows average temperatures or precipitation patterns?
- • Road map
- • Cadastral map
- • Political map
- • Climate map
Q5. What is the name for a map that shows roads, highways, and routes?
- • Road map
- • Climate map
- • Physical map
- • Population pyramid
Q6. What type of map uses contour lines to show elevation?
- • Time zone map
- • Population map
- • Topographic map
- • Road map
Q7. What does a choropleth map use colors or shading to show?
- • Differences in data by area
- • Only ocean currents
- • Road speed limits only
- • The direction north
Q8. What does a dot density map use dots to represent?
- • The age of rocks
- • Only mountain peaks
- • The distribution of a quantity across space
- • The direction of rivers
Q9. What does a contour interval tell you?
- • The map publication year
- • The elevation difference between contour lines
- • The number of map symbols
- • The distance between cities
Q10. Which map projection is famous for making Greenland look much larger than it really is?
- • Winkel Tripel
- • Mollweide
- • Robinson
- • Mercator