Closely spaced contour lines indicate…
A wide river
A warm climate
A flat plain
A steep slope
Trivia for Kids 8–14 · Mixed
Maps That Make You Think
Ten fresh questions for ages 8–14 exploring maps that make you think. Mixed difficulty with explanations and host verification notes in the import file.
A map legend explains…
Symbols and colours
The mapmaker's age
Every country's language
Tomorrow's weather
At 1:100,000 scale, 1 cm represents…
10 m
10 km
1 km
100 m
You walk east, turn left, then walk straight. Your new direction is…
South
North
West
East
Why can no flat world map preserve every property perfectly?
Oceans have no boundaries
Continents move too fast
Ink changes Earth's size
A curved surface must be distorted
Latitude describes position north or south of…
The date line
The prime meridian
The equator
The nearest coast
True or false: A north arrow remains useful when a map is rotated.
True
False
Longitude lines meet at the poles, unlike most…
River channels
Ocean currents
Latitude circles
Road junctions
A route is 3 cm straight on a map, but the winding road is 5 cm. Which measures driving distance better?
The map's width
The 5 cm road trace
The compass needle
The 3 cm straight line
Why are great-circle routes useful for long flights?
They give shortest surface paths on a sphere
They always follow latitude lines
They avoid every storm
They eliminate fuel use