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Geography I: Chapter 1 Review
Geography I: Chapter 1 Review
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A small-scale map is best for:
Locating specific buildings
Finding street names in a city
Looking at a country or the world
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The elements of culture include:
Languages, religions, customs, art, and dress
Climate, elevation, and temperature
Rocks, minerals, and soil composition
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The term "distorted" means:
Enlarged to show detail
Changed or twisted from its original shape
Perfectly symmetrical
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GIS (Geographic Information System) is used to:
Store and analyze geographic information
Map out galaxies in space
Locate underground water sources
5
The measure of how far north or south a place is from the equator is called
Latitude
Longitude
Movement
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A political map shows:
Climate zones and weather patterns
Countries, states, cities, and capitals
Mountains, rivers, and lakes
Economic activities and industries
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Large, flat stretches of land are called:
Valleys
Plateaus
Plains
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To make studying easier, geographers divide the world into:
Hemispheres and regions
Maps and globes
Countries and cities
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The difference between absolute and relative location is:
Relative location use coordinates; Absolute location based on surroundings.
Absolute location is always changing, while relative location is fixed
Absolute location uses coordinates; relative location compares places.
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The natural world in which people live is their
Society
Environment
Resource
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GPS (Global Positioning System) is used for:
Predicting earthquakes
Measuring ocean depths
Finding exact locations using satellites
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The Five Themes of Geography include:
Weather, seasons, temperature, humidity, and air pressure
Movement, human/environment interaction, region, location, and place
Maps, globes, latitude, longitude, and climate
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The study of the planet Earth and its people is called:
Geography
Biology
Anthropology
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Human geography focuses on:
Climate and weather patterns
How people live and interact on Earth
Natural disasters
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High population density means:
There are a lot of people in a small space
The population is spread out evenly
Few people live in an area
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A large-scale map is used for:
Studying historical events
Showing a small area with a lot of detai
Showing the entire world
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What does the following image indicate?
slow growth
rapid growth
No growth
18
A physical map displays
Economic activities and industries
Countries, states, cities, and capitals
Natural features: mountains, rivers, and lakes
Climate zones and weather patterns
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Globes are more accurate than maps because:
They show more details
They are shaped like Earth
They are easier to carry
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Why is it important to look for the date on a map?
Older maps are always more accurate
The date tells you the author of the map
Maps change over time
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A population density map helps to:
Track migration routes of animals
Show physical landforms
Study where people live and how crowded areas are
Predict weather changes
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A Mercator map distorts land near the poles by:
Making it appear much larger
Removing it from the map
Making it appear much smaller
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Physical geography includes the study of:
Languages and customs
Government systems
Land, water, plants, and animals
