The maps, graphs & charts contest is designed to help students learn to get information from a variety of maps, graphs and charts including world maps, pie charts, bar charts and local area maps.
The objective test will measure skills such as using a reference book to locate information, making comparisons, estimating and approximating, using scale and interpreting grid systems, legends and keys.
Students will be given an objective test containing approximately 75 multiple choice and true/false questions, which must be answered in 45 minutes.
The official source for Maps, Graphs & Charts is the Nystrom Desk Atlas. Students may also use any other atlas they choose, but the test questions are written using this source.
Starting in the 2023-24 school year, only the 2016 and 2018 copyrights of the Nystrom Desk Atlas will be used in test creation.