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Unit 1 World Cultural Geography #ninthgrade #geography #maps
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A climate map would be useful to...
Inform us about the country's population.
Where the rivers are located.
What the weather is like.
What resources are available near the coast.
2
The Lambert Projection distorts...
distance and shape of the continents away from its center
the Poles.
The oceans.
The Equator
3
Which of the following is an example of
absolute
location?
Key Largo is about 70 miles south of Miami.
40'N 87'W
Coral Shores is down the road from the Marina
The Publix is right down the street from the Arby's.
4
This map tool shows directions and the orientation of a map
Legend
Compass Rose
Cardinal Directions
Title
5
It is summer in the Northern Hemisphere when...
The sun's rays hit the Prime Meridian directly.
The sun's rays hit the Tropic of Capricorn directly.
The sun's rays hit the Tropic of Cancer directly.
The sun's rays hit the Equator directly.
6
Absolute and relative location make up the _________ theme of geograpy.
Movement
Location
Region
Place
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The Goode's Homolosine shows_______ well.
the Equator
the poles
the oceans
the continents
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The imaginary line that runs from the North Pole to the South Pole through the Earth's center
Pole
Tropic
Axis
Legend
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The tool on a map that shows what each symbol represents
Title
Grid
Compass Rose
Legend
10
The following is NOT one of the Five Themes of Geography
Location
Connection
Place
Movement
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Why can't the world be accurately represented on a flat map?
The world can be accurately represented on a flat map.
It is impossible to represent a round object flatly.
The continents will not flatten.
The oceans take up too much space.
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Flat, lowlying land built up from soil carried downstream by a river and deposited at its mouth
Source
Mouth
Delta
Tributary
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This theme looks at how people move and are connected in an area.
Human-Environment Interaction
Location
Place
Movement
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The Eckert IV Projection shows _______ well.
The oceans
the Poles
the size of the continents
the shapes of the continents
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An economic activity map informs us of...
what the land is used for in a particular region.
what clothes to wear in April.
where most people live.
the capital.
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The Lambert Projection shows _________ well.
Distances close to the equator.
The oceans.
The shape and size of the poles.
The shape and size of the continents.
17
Lines that run East to West on a map and are read North to South
Equator
Latitude
Longitude
Hemisphere
18
Investigating how people use their environment
Movement
Geography
Human-Environment Interaction
Location
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The Mercator Projection shows______ accurately.
Shapes of the continents
Distances close to the Equator
The poles.
Size of the continents.
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The Eckert IV Projection distorts...
the distance near the Equator
the shape of the continents near the poles
the oceans
the size of the continents near the poles
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A narrow stretch of water that joins two larger bodies of water
Axis
Tributary
Strait
Isthmus
22
Map scale helps us to understand...
How to convert inches on a map to actual miles in reality.
The speed limit on a road.
What the symbols mean on the map.
How many inches a place is from another place.
23
A point of land that extends into a river, lake, or ocean
Archipelago
Island
Peninsula
Cape
24
A political map helps us to locate...
A country's boundaries.
A country's physical features.
The vegetation present.
The climate zone a country is located in.
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Area of flat land at high elevation
Mesa
Mountain Range
Plateau
Hill
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The Goode's Homolosine Projection distorts...
the continents
the oceans
the Prime Meridian
the poles
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The Mercator Projection distorts...
Size of the Continents.
Size of the Oceans.
Position of the Continents.
Shape of the Continents.
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Northeast, Southeast, Northwest, Southwest
Compass Rose
Intermediate Directions
Legend
Cardinal Directions
29
When a change in the shape, size, or position of a place when it is shown on a map
Morph
Projection
Distortion
Alteration
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An area of land drained by a given river; usually surrounded by lands of higher elevations
Lake
Canyon
Delta
Basin
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Relative Location is...
Where your relative lives
the exact coordinates of a place on the map
The mailing address of an apartment building
the location of a place in relation to another place
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An area of low lying land, usually between hills or mountains
Cape
Fjord
Basin
Valley
33
The physical and human features that make a location unique represents which theme of geography
Human-Environment Interaction
Place
Location
Regions
34
A population density map tells us...
what kinds of plants are present.
the weather.
where most of the resources are located in a country.
where most people live in a region.
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North, South, East, and West
Cardinal Directions
Compass Rose
Grid
Intermediate Directions
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Half of the Earth - divided into Northern, Southern, Eastern, and Western
Latitude
Equator
Hemisphere
Half
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Lines that run North to South on a map and are read East to West
Longitude
Prime Meridian
Latitude
Hemisphere
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It is Winter in the Northern Hemisphere when...
The Northern Hemisphere is tilted towards the sun.
The sun's rays directly hit the Tropic of Cancer
The sun's rays directly hit the Tropic of Capricorn
The sun's rays directly hit the Equator.
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A physical map would show us...
The country's capital.
The vegetation present in a region.
What natural resources are present.
If there are mountains in an area.
40
Spring and Fall occur in the Northern and Southern Hemisphere when...
The sun's rays hit the Prime Meridian directly.
The sun's rays hit the Tropic of Capricorn directly.
The sun's rays hit the Equator directly.
The sun's rays hit the Tropic of Cancer directly.
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Areas that have similar characteristics
Regions
Human-Environment Interaction
Location
Place
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A vegetation map would be useful to...
what types of plants are located in a region.
see what the weather is like in the summer.
where people live.
find the rivers in a country.
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A sheltered place along a shoreline where ships can anchor safely
Mouth
Harbor
Bay
Gulf
