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Unit 1: World Geography Basics
Unit 1: World Geography Basics
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Map skills and vocabulary
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_____ answers the question "Where is it?"
Geography theme: Human-Environment
Geography theme: Region
Geography theme: Location
Geography theme: Place
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0* of latitude is
equator
prime meridian
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_____ is about ideas, things and people traveling to new places.
Geography theme: Region
Geography theme: Human-Environment
Geography theme: Movement
Geography theme: Location
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The direction on the LEFT side of the compass
EAST
NORTH
WEST
SOUTH
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Lines that circle the globe and measure north and south are..
tropic of cancers
longitude lines
latitudes
meridians
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Asia is in the...
NORTH EAST quadrant of the world
NORTH WEST quadrant of the world
SOUTH EAST quadrant of the world
SOUTH WEST quadrant of the world
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The line in the Pacific that divides days based on the time zone system is the
Equator
International Date Line
Prime Meridian
Tropic line
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Land surrounded by water on 3 sides
island
peninsula
valley
channel
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The direction opposite NORTH
WEST
SOUTH
NORTH
EAST
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Where can I get to this quiz to practice over the weekend?
Mrs. Butler's website-go to World Civ week by week
www.butlerclassnotes.weebly.com
Link on the week by week page of ButlerClassNotes
Check syllabus for website address for this class
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The Indian Ocean is in the...
NORTH WEST quadrant of the world
SOUTH WEST quadrant of the world
SOUTH EAST quadrant of the world
NORTH EAST quadrant of the world
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An area of low land between mountain ranges
valley
island
channel
peninsula
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The guide to the 4 directions on a map is called..
the title
the compass rose
the key
the scale
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A large land mass on earth surface. There are 7.
country
island
continent
region
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Australia is in the...
SOUTH WEST quadrant of the world
NORTH EAST quadrant of the world
NORTH WEST quadrant of the world
SOUTH EAST quadrant of the world
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Greenland is in the...
NORTH EAST quadrant of the world
SOUTH WEST quadrant of the world
SOUTH EAST quadrant of the world
NORTH WEST quadrant of the world
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Map projection that is curved and distorted in small ways
Mollweilde
Mercator
Robinson
Peters
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Lines that run from north pole to south pole and measure East and West.
parallels
tropics of capricorn
lines of longitude
lines of latitude
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Africa is found..
ALL of the ABOVE
near 0*,0*
next to Atlantic Ocean and Indian Ocean
south of Europe
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Asia is in the...
NORTH WEST quadrant of the world
SOUTH EAST quadrant of the world
NORTH EAST quadrant of the world
SOUTH WEST quadrant of the world
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The Pacific Ocean is between...
Africa and Asia
the Americas and Asia
at the North Pole
the Americas and Europe and Africa
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The direction at the top of the compass rose
EAST
SOUTH
WEST
NORTH
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The Arctic Ocean is in...
the North Pole
the South Pole
the Pacific
the Atlantic
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North America is in the...
SOUTH WEST quadrant of the world
NORTH WEST quadrant of the world
SOUTH EAST quadrant of the world
NORTH EAST quadrant of the world
25
_____ is describing the way people and nature affect each other. Like cutting trees...
Geography theme: Location
Geography theme: Human-Environment
Geography theme: Place
Geography theme: Region
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How to take a 3D globe and make it into a 2D map is called..
GPS
projection
compass rose
cartography
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Most of Europe is in the...
NORTH WEST quadrant of the world
SOUTH EAST quadrant of the world
NORTH EAST quadrant of the world
SOUTH WEST quadrant of the world
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The direction on the RIGHT side of the compass
WEST
EAST
SOUTH
NORTH
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The Mediterrean Sea is near...
Asia
Antarctica
Central America
Europe/Africa and Asia
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Using latitude and longitude to locate a place is called..
absolute location
relative location
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Location based on known areas around a place is called..
absolute location
relative location
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45.992* N, 111.212*W is...
A Relative location
An Absolute location
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_____ is identifying an area that has something in common.
Geography theme: Movement
Geography theme: Region
Geography theme: Location
Geography theme: Human-Environment
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Map projection that is rectangular and very distorted at the polar regions.
Peters
Mercator
Azimuthal Equidistant
Robinson
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The Caribbean Sea is near...
Central America
Antarctica
Europe/Africa and Asia
Asia
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There are ___ time zones.
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1
12
24
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0* longitude is
Prime Meridian
Equator
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The Atlantic Ocean is between...
the Americas and Asia
at the North Pole
the Americas and Europe and Africa
Africa and Asia
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_____ is describing the language, food, clothing and climate of a spot on the earth.
Geography theme: Human-Environment
Geography theme: Region
Geography theme: Place
Geography theme: Location
