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Quiz Review for Oakland MAISA Unit 1: Foundations of World Geography
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1
Which social scientist studies how cultures develop among humans?
Sociologist
Anthropologist
Culturologist
Historian
2
Geography is the study of ____ ?
Humans!
Earth!
Earth and How Humans Interact with the Earth!
Environmental Changes on Earth!
3
Why do geographers use the geographic inquiry process?
To study a variety of problems on local and global scales
To be prepared to meet the changing needs of society
To examine the rate of cultural change around the world
To conduct scientific research about social studies topics
4
Which is the more accurate representation of the earth?
Robinson Projections
Mercator Projections
Globes
Maps
5
Which social scientists studies government, rules and laws?
Anthropologist
Economist
Political Scientist
Historian
6
Where Theme of Geography asks:
What does it have in common with similar areas?
Place
Location
Region
Human-Environment Interaction
7
BONUS:
What kind of animal is this?
Wombat
Capybara
Aye-aye
Pika
8
What
continent
is this?
Australia
Europe
Asia
Africa
9
What
ocean
is this?
Indian
Atlantic
Pacific
Southern
10
Which social scientist studies human societies and how humans organize themselves in groups?
Organizologist
Sociologist
Groupologist
Socialite
11
Which social scientist studies how people produce, distribute and consume goods and services?
Economist
Sociologist
Anthropologist
Political Scientist
12
What
ocean
is this?
Arctic
Pacific
Southern
Atlantic
13
BONUS:
What college football team does this helmet belong to?
Oregon State
Minnesota
Oregon
Minnesota State
14
Why do all flat maps have distortions?
This answer is incorrect
The earth moves around too much?
Earth is 3D sphere which is impossible to show on a 2D map
Oranges! They ruin everything!
15
What
continent
is this?
Australia
Asia
Africa
Europe
16
Which Theme of Geography asks:
How do people interact with the environment?
None of the Above
Region
Place
Location
17
A person using the internet to talk to someone in another country best fits which theme?
Human-Environment Interaction
Place
Movement
Region
18
Which Theme of Geography asks:
What is it like there?
Movement
Region
Location
Place
19
A person chopping down trees in a forest is an example of which theme?
Human-Environment Interaction
Location
Place
Region
20
Which of the following is an example of
absolute location
?
Pennfield Middle School is at 8587 Pennfield Rd.
Pennfield Middle School is south of Lansing
Pennfield Middle School is in Battle Creek
Pennfield Middle School is next to Dunlap
21
Where Theme of Geography asks:
Where is it?
Human-Environment Interaction
Location
Place
Region
22
Which of the following is an example of
relative location
?
Pennfield Middle School is in Battle Creek
Pennfield Middle School is south of Lansing
Pennfield Middle School is next to Dunlap Elementary
Pennfield Middle School is at 8587 Pennfield Rd.
23
Which social scientist studies our world by investigating people, events and ideas of the past?
Anthropologist
Geographer
Sociologist
Historian
24
What are two questions a geographer would ask when studying a location?
Where is it and why is it there?
Where is it and why is it sooo far away?
Where is it and why do I have to go there?
Where is it and why does it smell so bad there?
25
Geography includes studying different spatial scales. The spatial scales include:
Symbols in the Legend
Physical and Human Geography
Local, Regional, Inter-regional, and Global
Latitude and Longitude
26
What is the name geographers use to describe the errors that occur in all flat maps?
Disenfranchisements
Disorders
Distortions
Probelms
