Small things that help you get there.
Maps, journeys, and the words on the signs.
Ten questions, with the answers explained. Try them in your head, then open each answer when you're ready.
Play this quiz →QUESTION 1 / 10
What does a map legend explain?
- The price of every road
- The author's childhood
- The symbols used on the map
- The weather forecast
Show answer & explanation+
The symbols used on the map
A legend, or key, tells you what the map's symbols and colors represent.
QUESTION 2 / 10
What does a map's scale relate?
- Temperature to rainfall
- Height to age
- Price to weight
- Map distance to real distance
Show answer & explanation+
Map distance to real distance
A scale shows how a distance on the map corresponds to distance in the real world.
QUESTION 3 / 10
Which direction lies halfway between north and east?
- Southeast
- Northeast
- Northwest
- Southwest
Show answer & explanation+
Northeast
Northeast is midway between north and east.
QUESTION 4 / 10
What does latitude measure?
- Distance east of the Moon
- The age of a city
- Position north or south of the equator
- Altitude above clouds
Show answer & explanation+
Position north or south of the equator
Latitude gives angular distance north or south of the equator.
QUESTION 5 / 10
What does longitude measure?
- The length of a river
- A mountain's slope
- Distance below sea level
- Position east or west of the prime meridian
Show answer & explanation+
Position east or west of the prime meridian
Longitude locates a place east or west of the prime meridian.
QUESTION 6 / 10
What is an itinerary?
- An airport runway light
- A suitcase's fabric
- A planned schedule or route for a trip
- A type of passport photo
Show answer & explanation+
A planned schedule or route for a trip
An itinerary lays out where a trip goes and often when each part happens.
QUESTION 7 / 10
What is a layover?
- A window seat only
- A lost boarding pass
- A stop between connecting flights
- The final hotel bill
Show answer & explanation+
A stop between connecting flights
A layover is time spent at an intermediate airport before a connecting flight.
QUESTION 8 / 10
What does a round-trip ticket include?
- A hotel room automatically
- Travel to a destination and back
- Unlimited travel everywhere
- Only the outward journey
Show answer & explanation+
Travel to a destination and back
A round-trip ticket covers the outward and return journeys, subject to its terms.
QUESTION 9 / 10
What is a pedestrian?
- A train conductor only
- A bicycle wheel
- An airport vehicle
- Someone traveling on foot
Show answer & explanation+
Someone traveling on foot
A pedestrian is a person walking rather than traveling in a vehicle.
QUESTION 10 / 10
What does a contour line join on a topographic map?
- Roads with the same speed limit
- Cities with equal populations
- Places with equal rainfall only
- Points of equal elevation
Show answer & explanation+
Points of equal elevation
Contour lines link locations at the same height above a reference level.