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What is a physical map?
What is relative location?
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What is relative location?
Exact location: human characteristics to describe a place
Approximate location: describing using directions and characteristics
Exact location: Longitude and Latitude or address
Approximate location: 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue
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What is a physical map?
Shows climates of areas around the world
Shows information about the economy and other resources
Shows physical features of the land like elevation
Shows boundaries of countries, cities
3
What two lines intersect at 0 degrees latitude and 0 degrees longitude?
Equator and Prime Meridian
Prime Meridian and Arctic Circle
Equator and Capricorn
Capricorn and Cancer
4
What is a climate map?
Shows climates of areas around the world
the study of the earth's physical features and the living things
Shows information about the economy and other resources
Maps are made to scale and directly connected between a unit of measurement
5
What line is the starting point for the time zone?
Prime Zone
TimeEquator
Prime Meridian
Equator
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What is a road map?
Shows information about the economy and other resources
Shows boundaries of countries, cities
shows roads and streets to help navigate
Shows physical features of the land like elevation
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How long does it take the Earth to make one rotation on its axis?
36 Hours
48 Days
24 Hours
365 1/4 Days
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The international sate line runs mainly along with which meridian/line of longitude?
line of 180
line of 0
line of 260
line of 360
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What line runs along the X Axis of a map?
Equator
Prime Meridian
Tropinc of Capricorn
Line of 180
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What are the two types of location?
Place and Human
Absolute and Relative
Absolute and Resolute
Bright and Human
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What is a formal region?
Modify Adapt and Rely on environment
Region defined by peoples perception
Region created by a government-given boundary or similar characteristics
Region featured by a specific function
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What is a function region?
Region created by a government-given boundary or similar characteristics
Region featured by a specific function
Modify Adapt and Rely on environment
Region defined by peoples perception
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What is absolute location?
Approximate location: 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue
Exact location: Longitude and Latitude or address
Approximate location: describing using directions and characteristics
Exact location: human characteristics to describe a place
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What is the most accurate map of the Earth?
Globe
Mercator
Peters
Winkle Tripel
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What are human characteristics used to describe a place?
Landforms
Weather
Climate
Demographics and Human qualities
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What is a vernacular region?
Region created by a government-given boundary or similar characteristics
Region defined by peoples perception
Modify Adapt and Rely on environment
Region featured by a specific function
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How many time zones are there?
24
30
60
12
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What are ways to describe place?
Relative and Human characteristics
Physical and Absolute Characteristics
Physical and Human Characteristics
Absolute and Human
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What are the three map projections we looked at?
Large Scale and Small Scale
Economic, Political, and Physical
Modify, Rely, Adapt
Mercator, Peters, Winkle Triple
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What do the lines of latitude measure on a map?
East and West of Capricorn
West and East of the Prime Meridian
North and West of the Equator
North and South of the Equator
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What is Human Environment Interaction?
Physical, Absolute, Relative environment
Modify, Adapt, Rely on the Environment
Cry, Run, Train with environment
Insert, Find, Scare environment
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What do lines of longitude measure on a map?
West and East of the Prime Meridian
North and EastWest of the Equator
West and South of the Prime Meridian
South and North of the Equator
23
What is an Economic/resource map?
the study of the earth's physical features and the living things
Maps are made to scale and directly connected between a unit of measurement
Shows information about the economy and other resources
Shows climates of areas around the world
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What is the tilt of the Earth?
90 Degrees
180 Degrees
365 1/4 Degrees
23 1/2 Degrees
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What are the four intermediate directions?
Compass rose
Northwest, Southwest, Southeast, Northeast
Idea, Info, Human
North, South, West, East
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What are Physical Characteristics?
Weather, Architecture, landforms
Demographics, Personality
Human Qualities and Actions
Emotions, Character, Morality
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What map projection is most widely used?
Mercator
Relative
Peters
Winkle Triple
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What is a road map?
shows roads and streets to help navigate
Shows boundaries of countries, cities
Shows information about the economy and other resources
Shows physical features of the land like elevation
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What is a map scale?
Maps are made to scale and directly connected between a unit of measurement
the study of the earth's physical features and the living things
Shows information about the economy and other resources
Shows climates of areas around the world
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What is a political map?
Shows physical features of the land like elevation
Shows climates of areas around the world
Shows information about the economy and other resources
Shows boundaries of countries, cities
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What is a topographical map?
Shows information about the economy and other resources
Shows physical features of the land like elevation
shows roads and streets to help navigate
Shows elevation of an area
32
Which map projection has curved latitude and longitude lines?
Peters
Globe
Mercator
Winkle Triple
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What are the five themes of geography?
Movement, Region, Human-Enviroment, Location, Place
Good, Bad, Boring, Tired, Exciting
Absolute and Relative
Physical and Human
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What time zone is Auburn, AL in?
Central
Pacific
Eastern
Mountain
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What is Geography?
Maps are made to scale and directly connected between a unit of measurement
Shows information about the economy and other resources
Shows climates of areas around the world
the study of the earth's physical features and the living things
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What are different types of movement?
Physical and Human
Idea, Human, and Information movement
Human and Animal movement
Absolute and Relative
37
How long does it take the Earth to make one rotation around the sun?
36 Hours
24 Hours
365 1/4 Days
48 Days
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What are the Three types of regions?
Relative, Absolute, Vernacular
Functional, Vernacular, Formal
Human, Adapt, Modify
Absolute, Modify, Physical
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What are the four cardinal directions?
North, South, West, East
Compass rose
Idea, Info, Human
Northwest, Southwest, Southeast, Northeast
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What line runs along the Y Axis of a map?
Capricorn
Prime Meridian
Equator
Cancer
