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Five Themes and Map Skills Review
Five Themes and Map Skills Review
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review for map skills and themes of geography
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Which of the following is not one of the six tools found on a map?
title
region
latitude and longitude
scale
2
Which maps show boundaries of countries and states?
political
physical
3
In the midwest, there are very large fields and very large farms. They live in a farming ____.
region
place
location
4
What is the imaginary line that divides the earth into the northern and southern hemisphere?
equator
prime meridian
5
There are _______ continents.
5
7
4
6
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Which is a specific example of a cultural characteristic.
similar interests
landscapes
holidays
location
7
Why is a map key so important?
provides the latitude and longitude
provides information such as symbols and colors
provides regional similarities
8
________________ can be positive or negative.
place
human-environment interaction
location
region
9
What continent is this?
Africa
France
Europe
Asia
10
What is relative location?
location compared to somewhere else
exact location
absolute
11
Which one is a specific example of how people can interact with their environment.
none of these
volcanic eruptions
deforestation
forest fires
12
The world is interconnected through movement of...
none of the answers listed
people, goods, and beliefs
people, goods, and ideas
goods, ideas, and beliefs
13
What are the lines that run north and south and are east and west of the Prime Meridian?
latitude
longitude
14
Which map shows landforms such as deserts, plateaus, oceans, islands, etc.
political
physical
cultural
15
What is the most common type of region?
perceptual
functional
formal
16
Which of these is not a continent:
Australia
Africa
Russia
Asia
17
What map tool tells the cardinal direction?
compass rose
key
title
scale
18
Lines of _______ are read first, and lines of _________ are second.
longitude, latitude
latitude, longitude
19
Which of the following is an example of a physical characteristic?
Rocky Mountains
religious beliefs
the beach
language
20
What are the lines that run east and west, and are above and below the equator?
latitude
prime meridian
longitude
21
What are the two most commonly used maps?
political, physical
physical, regional
regional, scaled
22
What type of map is this?
population
climate
political
physical
23
The ________ and people are interconnected.
location
region
world
goods
24
Which of the following is an example of movement?
all of the answers
Twitter
FedEx
migration of people
25
Which of the following is an example of exact location?
McDonalds
MS River
5 miles to the left of the church
32.1535° N, 90.1312° W Florence, MS
26
Choose one example that does NOT correctly define a region.
war
ethnicity
climate
location
27
_________ characteristics and _______ characteristics define a place.
similar, different
physical, cultural
perceptual, human
perceptual, physical
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What can you determine from a map scale?
distance on a map
longitude and latitude on map
the environment and landscape
subject of the map
29
The world is divided into different regions based upon _______ and __________.
landforms, languages
similarities, differences
beliefs, morals
location, landforms
30
What continent is this?
Australia
Africa
Antarctica
Asia
31
What is the line that passes through Greenwich England?
prime meridian
equator
32
What type of map is this?
physical map
population map
history map
political map
33
What is absolute location?
a relative direction of where a person/place/etc. is located
an exact location, like an address or GPS coordinates
not exact location, like a region or area
a location compared to somewhere else
34
The round map that shows the world is called a
cardinal directions
map
globe
compass rose
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The scientific study of ancient cultures through examination of artifacts and other evidence is
archeology
paleontology
cartography
geology
36
What continent is this?
Arctic
Southern Continent
North America
Antarctica
37
What is a map?
a round representation of Earth
a flat representation of an area/place
a diagram
a flat picture
38
What kind of map is this?
Political
Physical
Weather
Topographic