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Geography skills #geograpghy #jrhigh
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How is most surveying done today?
Airplanes
Compass
Remote sensing
Mapmaking
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On a map, a key is also known as a...
Scale
Compass
Legend
Orientation
3
Which of these is NOT one of the five themes of geography?
Urbanization
Movement
Region
Location
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The definition of environment is
the physical surroundings of a location.
Studying the world.
Physical maps
the study of people, places and things.
5
These types of maps focus on specific topics.
Physical map
Political map
Dot map
Thematic map
6
This is a grid that uses letters and numbers to find a location.
Alphanumeric Grid
Number and Letter Grid
Numericalpha Grid
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What is the geographic theme that has two types: absolute and relative?
Region
Movement
Location
Place
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This branch of geography deals with physical features and processes.
Human geography
Environment geography
Map geography
Physical geography
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GPS stands for...
Global Positioning System
Geographic Position System
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Which of the following are satelites?
GOES and Landsat
Landsat and GPS
GIS and GOES
GPS and GIS
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This is a collection of information that can be analyzed.
Database
Internet
Hard drive
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Geographers look at how things are arranged in space & its relationship to people/places.
Rockets
Spatial terms
World terms
Outer space
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This is half of the globe- it can be either north, south, east or west.
Hemisphere
Legend
Quarter
Scale
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This type of map shows boundaries, states and territories.
Physical
Political
Thematic
Dot map
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This type of location is measured using latitude and longitude.
Relative location
Absolute location
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This is another name for latitude lines.
Parallels
Meridians
Longitude lines
Tropics
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This is another name for longitude lines.
Parallels
Latitude lines
Up and downs
Meridians
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This area of the world has little change in seasons.
Islands
Highlands
Tropics
Humid zone
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What geographic theme answers the questions "How do people relate to the physical world?"
Region
Movement
Human-environment interaction
Place
20
0 degrees latitude is also known as...
Prime meridian
Tropic of Capricorn
Tropic of <br>Cancer
Equator
21
GIS stands for...
Global Integration System
Geographic Information Systems
Geographic Informal Symbols
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How confident are you about this test?
Not very confident
Somewhat confident
Very confident
I'm going to ace this!
23
The earth is split into Eastern and Western hemispheres by the...
Parallels
Prime Meridian
Tropic of cancer
Equator
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Which technology helps meteorologists predict the weather?
Landsat
GIS
GPS
GOES
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Geography is...
The study of human nature.
The study of countries and capitals.
The study of people, places and environments.
The study of rocks and soil.
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What do cartographers create?
Charts
Graphs
Maps
Globes
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This type of map shows Earth's landforms and water.
Dot map
Thematic
Political
Physical
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This type of geography deals with human activity.
Human geography
Global geography
Physical geography
Spatial geography
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What theme of geography analyzes the spread of people and ideas?
Movement
Human-environment interaction
Region
Location