If a place is 90 degrees East, the climate is probably

No reasonable guess can be made with that information

If a place is 50 degrees South, you can make an educated guess that

it either has extreme seasons or temperate weather

30 degrees South 135 degrees East

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Geography & Map Skills Review 2017

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1
when horizontal & vertical lines intersect, such as latitude & longitude
the polar zones
grid system
geographic information system
satelite image
2
If a place is on the windward side of a mountain
it gets a lot of rain
it gets no rain
it gets no wind
it is very hot
3
the windward side of a mountain is the side
the wind hits
that gets a rainshadow
the wind flows back down
4
the shortest distance between any two points on a sphere
straight line
great circle
orienteering
"as the crow flies"
5
If a place is situated on the leeward side of a mountain
it is wet
it is dry
it is hot
6
What are the coordinates for La Grange?
18*S 121*E
23*S 133*E
15*S 120*E
37*S 144*E
7
the higher up on a mountain you go
the hotter it gets
the colder it gets
8
60 degrees North 105 degrees West
Finland
Alaska
Canada
Ecuador
9
If a place is 10 degrees North, you can make a reasonable assumption that it is
cold there
has changing seasons there
you cannot make a reasonable guess about its climate
hot there
10
What are all the hemispheres that Mongolia is in?
All 4 of them
North only
East only
North & East
11
If a place is 90 degrees East, the climate is probably
No reasonable guess can be made with that information
cold all year
hot all year
changing extreme seasons
12
moving in a circle on an axis
projection
rotation
revolution
precipitation
13
run from pole to pole
the Equator
latitude lines
the Tropic of Capricorn
longitude lines
14
What happens when you cross this line?
You cross from northern to Southern Hemisphere
It becomes a new day
Absolutely nothing
You fall into the great abyss
15
Tropic of Cancer
66 1/3 degrees South
23 1/2 degrees North
0 degrees latitude
23 1/2 degrees South
16
high temperatures and high humidity
steppe
tropical
desert
polar
17
the main line of latitude
longitude
International Date Line
Prime Meridian
Equator
18
If a place is 50 degrees South, you can make an educated guess that
it is hot all the time
it either has extreme seasons or temperate weather
no educated guess can be made with that information
it is cold all the time
19
divides the northern & southern hemispheres
the Poles
Equator
International Date Line
Prime Meridian
20
if a place is 80 degrees South, you can make an educated guess that
there are extreme changing seasons
It is cold there year round
It is hot there year round
It is temperate there
21
6 degrees south is an example of
a latitude line
a longitude line
a mid-latitude number
a high-latitude number
22
elevation or the height above sea level can affect
whether or not it was absolute
what number of latitude you would
the climate of a place
what number of longitude you would put
23
20*N 20*E is in what country?
Mauritania
It is in the ocean, not a country
Libya
Chad
24
zero degrees longitude
Prime Meridian
International Date Line
Equator
South Pole
25
This ocean forms the eastern border of Asia.
Indian
Atlantic
Arctic
Pacific
26
latitude & longitude, exact location
region
place theme
absolute location
relative location
27
means half of the earth
hemisphere
place
quartersphere
biosphere
28
the study of the natural features of earth
physical geography
meteorology
cultural geography
human geography
29
weather over a long period of time
cartography
satelite
GPS
climate
30
What is marked by the arrow?
A longitude line
The Tropic of Capricorn
A latitude line
The Arctic Circle
31
zero degrees longitude is
International Date Line
Equator
Prime Meridian
Tropic of Cancer
32
the preferred route for a ship or aircraft
a straight line
the compass route
through one of the Arctic regions since it is narrower
a great circle
33
prevailing winds are the regular winds that blow from that direction most of the time
false
true
34
The point in the center of this map is
That is unanswerable without the numbers on the grid system
The South Pole
the North Pole
the International Date Line
35
run horizontally around the world
the poles
the Prime Meridian
longitude lines
latitude lines
36
Australia
30 degrees South 135 degrees East
30 degrees North and 135 degrees East
135 East 30 South
0 degrees 0 degrees
37
Which coordinates are correct for Antarctica?
60*N & the Equator
60*S. 150*W
75*S 30*E
90* N
38
The line marked with an arrow is
A Longitude line
The Prime Meridian
The Equator
A Latitude line

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