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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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What are the lines that run north and south and are east and west of the Prime Meridian?
longitude
latitude
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What continent is this?
Australia
Africa
Asia
Antarctica
3
The round map that shows the world is called a
globe
map
compass rose
cardinal directions
4
What is the imaginary line that divides the earth into the northern and southern hemisphere?
prime meridian
equator
5
Why is a map key so important?
provides the latitude and longitude
provides regional similarities
provides information such as symbols and colors
6
What are the lines that run east and west, and are above and below the equator?
latitude
longitude
prime meridian
7
_________ characteristics and _______ characteristics define a place.
similar, different
perceptual, physical
perceptual, human
physical, cultural
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Which is a specific example of a cultural characteristic.
location
similar interests
landscapes
holidays
9
What is a map?
a round representation of Earth
a diagram
a flat representation of an area/place
a flat picture
10
The scientific study of ancient cultures through examination of artifacts and other evidence is
archeology
geology
cartography
paleontology
11
What continent is this?
Asia
France
Africa
Europe
12
Which of the following is not one of the six tools found on a map?
scale
title
region
latitude and longitude
13
The ________ and people are interconnected.
world
location
region
goods
14
The world is interconnected through movement of...
people, goods, and ideas
people, goods, and beliefs
none of the answers listed
goods, ideas, and beliefs
15
The world is divided into different regions based upon _______ and __________.
similarities, differences
beliefs, morals
landforms, languages
location, landforms
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What type of map is this?
political map
physical map
history map
population map
17
Choose one example that does NOT correctly define a region.
war
location
climate
ethnicity
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Lines of _______ are read first, and lines of _________ are second.
longitude, latitude
latitude, longitude
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What map tool tells the cardinal direction?
key
title
scale
compass rose
20
There are _______ continents.
7
4
6
5
21
In the midwest, there are very large fields and very large farms. They live in a farming ____.
location
region
place
22
What continent is this?
Antarctica
Southern Continent
North America
Arctic
23
What is the most common type of region?
functional
formal
perceptual
24
Which of these is not a continent:
Russia
Australia
Asia
Africa
25
What type of map is this?
climate
physical
population
political
26
Which of the following is an example of exact location?
32.1535° N, 90.1312° W Florence, MS
5 miles to the left of the church
McDonalds
MS River
27
What is the line that passes through Greenwich England?
prime meridian
equator
28
Which of the following is an example of movement?
all of the answers
FedEx
Twitter
migration of people
29
Which map shows landforms such as deserts, plateaus, oceans, islands, etc.
cultural
physical
political
30
What is relative location?
location compared to somewhere else
absolute
exact location
31
What are the two most commonly used maps?
physical, regional
political, physical
regional, scaled
32
What can you determine from a map scale?
longitude and latitude on map
distance on a map
subject of the map
the environment and landscape
33
What is absolute location?
not exact location, like a region or area
an exact location, like an address or GPS coordinates
a location compared to somewhere else
a relative direction of where a person/place/etc. is located
34
Which maps show boundaries of countries and states?
political
physical
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Which one is a specific example of how people can interact with their environment.
none of these
volcanic eruptions
deforestation
forest fires
36
________________ can be positive or negative.
location
place
region
human-environment interaction
37
What kind of map is this?
Political
Topographic
Physical
Weather
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Which of the following is an example of a physical characteristic?
the beach
language
Rocky Mountains
religious beliefs