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5 Themes of Geography, Map Skills, Latitude and Longitude, Climates
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1
Greensburg is located right off I-74. This describes its
absolute location
GPS coordinates
movement
relative location
2
Which city on this map is known for ranching?
Springfield
Longwood
Clarion
Mobile
3
Name the Ocean that is Highlighted the Darker Blue?
Arctic Ocean
Atlantic Ocean
Southern Ocean
Pacific Ocean
4
What theme of Geography is demonstrated by wearing sunscreen and a hat in the summer here?
Movment
Human Environment interaction
Region
Location
5
What aspect of the world has the largest impact on an areas Climate?
Continent
Region
Sunshine
Line of Latitude
6
What is the difference in Climate between Florida and Indiana?
Florida is Hot or Wamer, because it is closer to the Equator.
Indiana colder than Florida cause its in temperate and Florida is Tropical
They are not different because they are both in the USA
Florida is raining and hot, while Indiana is hot and a desert.
7
GPS uses Satellites and Lat/Long lines to find what type of location?
Absolute Location
Relative Location
Longitude Location
Latitude Location
8
Which two Geographical Features (Land-forms) are high land that is level on top?
Mountain and Mesa
Dune and Mountain
Plain and Plateau
Mesa and Plateau
9
What city is located at 25N, 121E?
Tokyo
Shanghai
Keelung
Hong Kong
10
Climate is the average weather of a place in a year. Weather is short term day to day air temperature of that place.
True
False
11
Which letter is labeling the title on this map?
C
A
B
12
What do you use a Map for in your day to day lives?
Locating Places
Directions
Nobody ever uses a Map
Weather radar
13
What is the practice of creating maps know as?
cartography
cartology
mapology
mapography
14
What city is located at approximately 9s, 30E?
Awell
Torit
Bentlu
Bor
15
What is the purpose of a scale on a map?
define the symbols
relate distance
describe direction
16
What color of Climate Zone is considerate the High Latitude Zone? (Hint: it has the bigger numbers!)
Yellow
Pink
Blue
Green
17
This image is an example of a
map legend/key
compass rose
map grid
map scale
18
Physical characteristics of a place include
buildings
culture
people
climate
19
The line of latitude that divides the Earth into northern and southern hemispheres is called
the tropic of capricorn
the international date line
the equator
the prime meridian
20
What Climate Zone surrounds the Equator?
Tropical
Ocean
Polar
Temperate
21
Which Ocean is Highlighted the Darker Blue?
Southern Ocean
Pacific Ocean
Atlantic Ocean
Indian Ocean
22
Name the Continent in this Picture that is Orange?
South America
Asia
Africa
North America
23
Why is there snow at the top but its green and warm at the bottom of the mountain?
God decided not to allow mountains to not be cold.
It is to hot at the top of the mountain because it is so close to the sun.
There just is!!!
The air up a mountain is thin allowing heat to escape the higher you go.
24
Name the Continent that is Yellow in Color
Australia
Africa
North America
Europe
25
Human characteristics of a place include
mountains
wildlife
bodies of water
language
26
What are the 3 major types of Climate Zones??
Temperate, Wet, Dry
Golf, Mountain, Desert
Low Latitude(Tropical), Mid-Latitude(Temperate), High Latitude(Polar)
Temperate, Tropical, Astronauts
27
What Geographical Feature (Land-form) is show in this picture?
Mountains
Swamp
Sunshine
Hills
28
Which one of the Following is not a Continent of the world?
Africa
Europe
Central America
Asia
