Unit 1 Test Review

What are the layers of the Earth?

Rocky sphere containing the soils, rocks and other landforms of the upper mantle and crust.

Map that illustrates the three dimensional form of the Earth, or some portion of it.

Plates move away from each other along this type of a boundary.

Lines on a map that run East to West and measure distances North to South.

Lines on a map that run North to South and measure distances East to West.

There are three types or classifications of regions, they are:

A group of places that share at least one common characteristics are called:

The difference in elevation between two points.

This scientific theory describes the large-scale motion of the Earths lithosphere.

Which of the following map components indicates direction?

Map distortion occurs in four major ways, which of the following is not one of them?

This is a system of satellites that connect information to help find locations.

Which of the following methods makes use of color and shading, often to show elevation?

Plates along this type of boundary slip and slide against each other.

This is a system that of computers that compiles data into layers of information to form maps.

A geographic representation of the the world, or some portion of it.

Describes how people impact environment and are impacted by environment.

This term deals with and describes a general study of the world.

Which of the following is NOT one of the five themes of Geography?

Which representation of the earth will have the least amount of distortion? 

In Mr. Unsworth's Geography class there are two ways of doing things they are:

Map that illustrates man made boundaries such as countries, states or cities.

This man invented technology that made it possible to monitor longitude at sea.

Can the same place be classified into multiple regions?

Which of the following is one of the seven continents of the Earth?

Describes positions on the earths surface using latitude and longitude to form a grid system.

What are the three most common themes for maps?

Plates move toward each other resulting in collision.

In this type of a zone plates collide and are driven upward creating mountain ranges.

Describes a place in relation to or compared to other places.

The line on which all maps are most accurate.

Which of the following is an example of human factors that can cause people to move?

This line of latitude is located at 23.5 degrees North Latitude.

The Combined mass of all the water found on, under and over the surface of a planet.

Location inside the Earth along a fault where an Earthquake has the greatest movement.