Map Reading and Interpretation
Geography · 50 practice questions
Drawing of cross profiles; recognition of intervisibility; recognition and description of physical and human features and their relationships as depicted on topographical maps.
- Illustrate the relief of an area through profile drawing.
- Interpret physical and human features from topographical maps.
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- Practice question 1
Map interpretation involves identifying and describing both physical features, such as hills and rivers, and
- A.only weather patterns, with no reference to human activity
- B.only mineral deposits, with no reference to human activity
- C.human features, such as roads and settlements
- D.no other features at all, since physical features are the only concern
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C. human features, such as roads and settlements
Good map interpretation covers both the natural (physical) and human-made (cultural) features shown.
- Practice question 2
Settlement patterns on a map, such as nucleated or dispersed, can often be inferred from how
- A.wide the map's own printed margin happens to be
- B.steep the surrounding contour lines happen to be, exclusively
- C.closely clustered the building symbols appear
- D.brightly coloured the surrounding vegetation symbols appear
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C. closely clustered the building symbols appear
Observing how tightly clustered building symbols are is a standard way to infer whether a settlement is nucleated or dispersed.
- Practice question 3
Intervisibility refers to the ability of two points on a map to be seen from one another, determined by
- A.the vegetation colour used to depict them on the map
- B.the relief of the land between them
- C.the exact distance between them, with no reference to relief
- D.the political boundaries separating them
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B. the relief of the land between them
Whether two points can see each other largely depends on whether intervening relief, like a hill, blocks the view.
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