Extra Questions-Locating Places on the Earth-Class 6

 Chapter - 1 (Locating Places on the Earth) Important Question Answers Class 6 Social Science 

Extra and important question answers 

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Q1. What is the main purpose of a map?
    a) to show the weather
    b) to represent an area and show how to get to  different places
    c) to show the names of countries 
    d) to list historical events

Q2. What do the four arrows at the top right of a map represent? 
 a) Landmarks       

b) cardinal directions       

 c) symbols           

d) scale

Q3. Which of the following is a type of map that shows natural features like mountains and rivers?
 a) political map           

b) physical map          

c) thematic map          

d)road map.

Q4.  What does the scale on a map represent?
 a) the time zones      
 b) The distance on the ground represented by a certain distance on the map
 c) The height of buildings
 d) the latitude and longitude.

Q5. What is the Prime Meridian also known as?
 a) the equator            

b) the international date line     

c) the Greenwich Meridian   

d)  the tropical cancer.

Q6. Which reminds on a globe run from pole to pole?
a) Parallels of latitude       

b) meridians of longitude       

c) equators                         

d) Tropics

Q7. How many degrees is the divided intofor latitude?
 a) 180            

b)  360           

c) 90              

d) 24

 Q8.  Which longitude marks the change of a day?
 a) zero degree longitude       

b) ninety degree longitude 

c) eighty degree longitude   

d) forty five degree longitude 

Q9. Match the following:-

Column - A	Column - B
1. International Date Line	a). Boundaries and Cities
2. Physical map	b).  Represent features on a map
3. Political map	c).  Specific information
4. Thematic map	d). 180* latitudes
5. Symbols	e). Natural features

Answer: 1- d    2- e     3- a     4- c    5- b

Q10 Fill in the blanks:- 

1. A map is a ....................or drawing of an area.
2.  The four cardinal directions are North, South ...........and West.
3.  .....................maps show natural feature such as mountain and rivers.
4. The Equator is .........................at degree latitude.
5.  The Prime Meridian is marked as ..................... degree longitude.
Answer:
1. representation
2. East
3. Physical
4. 0
5. 0

Q11.  True or False: 
1. The Prime Meredian passes through New York. 
2.A Global is a flat representation of the Earth.
3. Meridians of longitude are imaginary lines running from the North Pole to the South Pole.
4.  Latitude measures the distance from the Prime Meridian.
5. The thematic map provides specific kinds of information, like population density.
Answer:
 
1. False
2. False
3. True
4. False 
5. True

Q12. What is a map and how do we use it?

Answer:  A map is a representation, or a drawing, of some area.

a). It may be a small area (a village, a town, etc.).

b). It may be a bigger area (say, your district or state).

c). It may be a very large area like India or even the whole world.

Q13. What are the main components of the map?

Answer: There are three components of the Maps:

a) Distance    

b) Direction     

c) Symbols

Maps are drawings, which reduce the entire world or a part of it to fit on a sheet of paper. 

Q14. What is the meaning of the blue coloured areas?

Answer: The blue coloured areas indicates the Water from ocean and seas.

Q15. What is an atlas?

Answer: An atlas is a book or collection of maps.

Q16. What are the types of maps?

Answer: There are several types of maps:

i) Physical Maps: which mainly show some natural features such as mountains, oceans and rivers (see an example in Fig. 5.2 in this textbook)

ii) Political Maps:  which show details of countries or states, boundaries, cities, etc. (for instance, a map of India with all its States, Union Territories and their capitals).

iii) Thematic Maps:  With a specific kind of information (examples include Fig. 6.3 and Fig. 8.1 in this textbook).

Q17. What are Cardinal directions?

Answer: Cardinal directions are the main or primary four directions of the compass. They include North, South, East and West.

Q18. What are intermediate directions?

Answer: Cardinal directions are the primary directions of the compass are known as the Cardinal directions, while, the points in between the cardinal directions are known as the intermediate directions.These

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