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Geography: Middle School: Grades 6, 7 and 8 Quiz - O. S. Maps 3 (Questions)

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If you want to find your bearings, an Ordnance Survey map could come in handy. In 1995, Ordnance Survey digitized the last of about 230,000 maps, making the United Kingdom the first country in the world to complete a program of large-scale electronic mapping.

Don't get lost in our third Geography quiz about O.S. Maps!

1. A small flag on an O.S. map indicates what?
[ ] A burial ground
[ ] A castle
[ ] A golf course
[ ] Army barracks
2. On O.S. maps what color are highways?
[ ] Black
[ ] Green
[ ] Red
[ ] Yellow
3. A map showing height and shape of land is called a what?
[ ] Altitude map
[ ] Hill map
[ ] Landscape map
[ ] Relief map
4. Which statement is true about contour lines?
[ ] They are sometimes blue
[ ] They are straight
[ ] They do not have the height written on them
[ ] They never cross
5. What does FB mean on an O.S. map?
[ ] Farm Boundary
[ ] Fire Brigade
[ ] Fishing Banned
[ ] Footbridge
6. How is 'cemetery' usually abbreviated on O.S. maps?
[ ] Cemy
[ ] Cmy
[ ] Cty
[ ] Cy
7. What are vertical grid lines on a map called?
[ ] Eastings
[ ] Northings
[ ] Southings
[ ] Westings
8. If a compass was a clock, what direction is at 5 O'clock?
[ ] East North East
[ ] North East
[ ] South South East
[ ] South South West
9. O.S. map grid squares are always equal to what?
[ ] Four kilometers
[ ] Half a kilometer
[ ] One kilometer
[ ] Two kilometers
10. The 0° line of longitude is the Greenwich…what?
[ ] Marillion
[ ] Median
[ ] Medium
[ ] Meridian
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Geography: Middle School: Grades 6, 7 and 8 Quiz - O. S. Maps 3 (Answers)
1. A small flag on an O.S. map indicates what?
[ ] A burial ground
[ ] A castle
[x] A golf course
[ ] Army barracks
2. On O.S. maps what color are highways?
[ ] Black
[ ] Green
[x] Red
[ ] Yellow
3. A map showing height and shape of land is called a what?
[ ] Altitude map
[ ] Hill map
[ ] Landscape map
[x] Relief map
4. Which statement is true about contour lines?
[ ] They are sometimes blue
[ ] They are straight
[ ] They do not have the height written on them
[x] They never cross
5. What does FB mean on an O.S. map?
[ ] Farm Boundary
[ ] Fire Brigade
[ ] Fishing Banned
[x] Footbridge
It may be over a road or railroad
6. How is 'cemetery' usually abbreviated on O.S. maps?
[x] Cemy
[ ] Cmy
[ ] Cty
[ ] Cy
7. What are vertical grid lines on a map called?
[x] Eastings
[ ] Northings
[ ] Southings
[ ] Westings
Their grid numbers get bigger in an easterly direction
8. If a compass was a clock, what direction is at 5 O'clock?
[ ] East North East
[ ] North East
[x] South South East
[ ] South South West
9. O.S. map grid squares are always equal to what?
[ ] Four kilometers
[ ] Half a kilometer
[x] One kilometer
[ ] Two kilometers
10. The 0° line of longitude is the Greenwich…what?
[ ] Marillion
[ ] Median
[ ] Medium
[x] Meridian
So called because it passes through Greenwich in London
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