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Assess Yourself

How well do you understand the concepts and skills introduced in this lesson?

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Are you ready to take this lesson's quiz? The questions below will help you find out. Make sure you understand why each correct answer is correct--if you don't, review that part of the lesson.

Which map piece matches the globe?
globe depicting North & South America

  1. Africa
  2. North & South America
  3. AUstralia
  4. Asia

Which of the following is a 3-D model of Earth?

  1. a globe
  2. a map
  3. a photograph
  4. a drawing

Which globe matches the map piece?
Australia

  1. Globe with North & South America
  2. Globe with Africa
  3. Globe with Australia
  4. Globe with Asia

Two continents on a map are farther apart than they really are. Which map distortion is this?

  1. shape
  2. size
  3. distance
  4. direction

Which is an example of map distortion? Please select all that apply.

  1. Australia is a different color on a map than on a globe.
  2. Greenland is bigger on a map than on a globe.
  3. Africa is longer on a map than on a globe.
  4. Antarctica is spelled differently on a map than on a globe.

A map shows a continent farther north than it really is. Which map distortion is this?

  1. area
  2. shape
  3. distance
  4. direction

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