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Largest continent
Africa
Asia
Australia
America
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If you are south of 23°26′11.1″ N and north of 23°26′11.1″ S, you are
in the Temperate zone
in the Tropics
in the Ocean
in the Arctic Circle
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shows and labels human-created boundaries, such as countries, states, cities, and capitals
political map
plat map
road map
physical map
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Measures distance from the Equator
Latitude
Beatitude
Lassitude
Longitude
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Geography literally means
Geo: Maps, Graphy: making pictures or writing
Geo: Maps, Graphy: measurement
Geo: Earth, Graphy: measurement
Geo: Earth, Graphy: making pictures or writing
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Used by humans to communicate
technology
language
expressions
symbols
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the number of something in a specifically defined area
Density
Concentration
Pattern
Distribution
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show and label highways and streets
plat map
physical map
political map
road map
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the way a phenomenon is spread out over an area
Density
Concentration
Pattern
Distribution
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All map projections contain which of the following distortions
Size
Elevation
Distance
Shape
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Smallest continent
Australia
Europe
South America
Antarctica
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Geography, as a field of inquiry, looks at the world from a ____________________
spatial perspective
global perspective
human perspective
non-spatial perspective
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The relationship between humans and the natural world is
Physical Geography
Population Geography
Environmental Geography
Cultural Geography
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Time zones use
Parallels
equator
Longitude
Latitude
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refers to the specific human and physical characteristics of a location.
Distance
Location
Human Environment Interation
Place
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A picture depicting spatial relationships
Chart
Diagram
Map
Engram
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Geography is the why of
Where
When
How
What
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largest ocean
Pacific
Indian
Arctic
Atlantic
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On March 20, Spring begins. Why?
Earth is rotating exactly perpendicular to the sun (equinox)
Day and night are of equal length everywhere on earth
The Moon has entered the House of Aries
Earth is at its farthest point from the sun (apogee)
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Anything built by humans is part of the
Nature
cultural landscape
Natural Landscape
Landscape
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Which hemisphere are we in now?
Northern
Western
Eastern
Southern
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How many continents are there?
5
6
7
4
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The art and science of map making is
ideolography
mapography
locationography
cartography
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the ratio between the size of things in the real world and the size of those things on the map
Cartographic
Geographic
Scale
Projection
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is the measurement of how far or how near things are to one another
Location
Human Environment Interaction
Place
Distance
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Our world has
around a billion people
about 7.8 billion people
between 193 and 237 countries
about 150 countries
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Divides the northern from the southern hemisphere
Equator
Prime Meridian
International Dateline
Tropic of Cancer
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farthest point on Earth from here
China
33.7748° S, 84.2963° E
Southern Indian Ocean
the Antipodes
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shows and labels natural features, such as mountains, rivers, and deserts
political map
physical map
road map
plat map
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A map of where earthquakes have happened
division map
exclusion map
distribution map
phenomenon map
