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Geography & Map Skills Review
Geography & Map Skills Review
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The tropical zone is always hot because...
The temperature is frigid
The temperature is mild and moderate
The temperature is extreme
The sun impacts it directly all year long
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What is Geography?
A subject similar to Geology
The study of human and natural features in Earth
The study of location
The study of climate only
3
How many continents does the planet earth have?
9
5
10
7
4
Chose the best definition for a political map
Shows features humans have created like countries, states and cities
It is the description of what a place looks like
Shows physical features of the land
It is a map about a specific topic
5
Region is the theme of geography that...
Groups places with similar traits
Brings people together
Combines similar characteristics
Unifies all the Nations of the World
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Put this places in order from the biggest in size to the smallest...
Country, Continent, State and City
City, Country, State and Continent
State, City, Country and Continent
Continent, Country, State, and City
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What GIS stands for?
Geology Institution Studies
Geographic Information System
Geographical Institution of Societies
Geographic Positioning System
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The theme of geography that tells you where a place is located is...
HEI
Location
Region
Movement
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What is climate?
Changes in the atmosphere
It's the short term pattern of weather
It's the long term pattern of weather
The weather in the Earth and other Planets.
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What is the Prime Meridian?
A horizontal line at the top of the Earth
A line connected to the Earth's Orbit
It's the center line that divides the Earth in two halves West and East.
The Center line that divides the Earth in 2 halves North and South
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What is elevation?
How do we elevate
The height of the sea level
The height of a mountain
The highest point of the Earth
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Chose the best definition for a physical map
It is a map about a specific topic
It is the description of what a place looks like
Shows features humans have created like countries, states and cities
Shows physical features of the land
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The legend is a key that explains what the symbols on the map represent .
False
True
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Movement is the theme of geography that...
Consists of the human movement while walking
Consists of moving my body
Consists of the exchange of people, goods, and ideas
Consists of the movement of the Earth
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Under the themes of geography, place is defined as...
An address with directions
a description, a snapshot or a postcard
a region or a group of regions
how humans affect the environment
16
A compass rose shows...
the specifics directions on a map
the meaning of symbols
the imaginary lines
the distance covered in a map
17
What is the definition of Equator?
A line of longitude that divides the Earth into West and East
The Center line that divides the Earth in 2 halves North and South
The vertical line in the middle of the Earth
A horizontal line at the top of the Earth
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What do symbols represent on a map?
Art
Codes
Resources
Information
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What GPS stands for?
Geography of Places & Society
Geographic Positioning System
Geological Portion of Society
Geographical Patterns of Society
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Human Environment Interaction is the theme of Geography that...
Consists of the movement of the Earth
Groups places with similar traits
Consists of the exchange of people, goods, and ideas
Consists of the environment affecting people and vice versa.
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What is the explanation for the frigid climate in the Polar Zone?
There are a lot of glaciers
It's not impacted by sunlight directly
There are a lot of ice sheets
The Earth is close to the Sun
22
A cartographer is a person that...
Makes maps
studies human geography
Create carts
creates graphs
23
What are glaciers?
Glass made of ice
Large mases of ice and snow
Frigid zones
Icebergs
24
What is spatial thinking?
Thinking about location
Thinking about the space
Thinking about the Earth.
Thinking about the space on the Earth.
25
What is lines of latitude?
Lines in the orbit of the Earth
Imaginary vertical lines parallel to the Prime Meridian
Imaginary horizontal lines parallel to the Equator
Imaginary vertical and horizontal lines
26
A temperate climate is where...
The temperature is frigid
The temperature is hot
The temperature is extreme
The temperature is mild and moderate
27
What is the function of labels on a map?
Provide the distance shown on the map
Provide the name of places
Provide the cardinal points
Provide with the meaning of symbols
28
Chose the best definition for a thematic map
It is the description of what a place looks like
Shows features humans have created like countries, states and cities
Shows physical features of the land
It is a map about a specific topic
29
To show the distance covered on a map what map element is used...
A compass rose
A label
A scale
A title
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The title of the map tells you...
The award of a map
The subject of the map
What is being represented
The direction of the map
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A map is a flat representation of the Earth
True
False
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What are lines of longitude?
Imaginary vertical lines parallel to the Prime Meridian
A line connected to the Earth's Orbit
A horizontal line at the top of the Earth
Imaginary horizontal lines parallel to the Equator
