If a place is 50 degrees South, you can make an educated guess that

it either has extreme seasons or temperate weather

If a place is 90 degrees East, the climate is probably

No reasonable guess can be made with that information

30 degrees South 135 degrees East

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Geography & Map Skills Review 2017

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a quick review of basic map skills & geography

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1
the shortest distance between any two points on a sphere
"as the crow flies"
orienteering
great circle
straight line
2
prevailing winds are the regular winds that blow from that direction most of the time
false
true
3
run horizontally around the world
the Prime Meridian
longitude lines
the poles
latitude lines
4
If a place is 50 degrees South, you can make an educated guess that
it either has extreme seasons or temperate weather
no educated guess can be made with that information
it is hot all the time
it is cold all the time
5
if a place is 80 degrees South, you can make an educated guess that
there are extreme changing seasons
It is cold there year round
It is temperate there
It is hot there year round
6
If a place is 90 degrees East, the climate is probably
cold all year
changing extreme seasons
No reasonable guess can be made with that information
hot all year
7
moving in a circle on an axis
rotation
revolution
precipitation
projection
8
If a place is on the windward side of a mountain
it gets no rain
it gets a lot of rain
it gets no wind
it is very hot
9
elevation or the height above sea level can affect
the climate of a place
what number of latitude you would
what number of longitude you would put
whether or not it was absolute
10
latitude & longitude, exact location
place theme
relative location
region
absolute location
11
when horizontal & vertical lines intersect, such as latitude & longitude
geographic information system
the polar zones
satelite image
grid system
12
What are the coordinates for La Grange?
37*S 144*E
18*S 121*E
15*S 120*E
23*S 133*E
13
divides the northern & southern hemispheres
International Date Line
Prime Meridian
the Poles
Equator
14
the preferred route for a ship or aircraft
the compass route
a great circle
through one of the Arctic regions since it is narrower
a straight line
15
What are all the hemispheres that Mongolia is in?
All 4 of them
North only
North & East
East only
16
the windward side of a mountain is the side
that gets a rainshadow
the wind flows back down
the wind hits
17
the higher up on a mountain you go
the colder it gets
the hotter it gets
18
zero degrees longitude is
International Date Line
Prime Meridian
Tropic of Cancer
Equator
19
Which coordinates are correct for Antarctica?
90* N
75*S 30*E
60*N & the Equator
60*S. 150*W
20
6 degrees south is an example of
a high-latitude number
a mid-latitude number
a longitude line
a latitude line
21
If a place is situated on the leeward side of a mountain
it is wet
it is dry
it is hot
22
zero degrees longitude
Equator
Prime Meridian
International Date Line
South Pole
23
the main line of latitude
Prime Meridian
longitude
Equator
International Date Line
24
weather over a long period of time
GPS
climate
satelite
cartography
25
20*N 20*E is in what country?
Libya
It is in the ocean, not a country
Chad
Mauritania
26
What happens when you cross this line?
You cross from northern to Southern Hemisphere
Absolutely nothing
It becomes a new day
You fall into the great abyss
27
the study of the natural features of earth
human geography
meteorology
physical geography
cultural geography
28
60 degrees North 105 degrees West
Alaska
Canada
Finland
Ecuador
29
Australia
30 degrees South 135 degrees East
135 East 30 South
0 degrees 0 degrees
30 degrees North and 135 degrees East
30
The point in the center of this map is
The South Pole
the North Pole
the International Date Line
That is unanswerable without the numbers on the grid system
31
The line marked with an arrow is
A Latitude line
The Prime Meridian
A Longitude line
The Equator
32
run from pole to pole
the Equator
latitude lines
the Tropic of Capricorn
longitude lines
33
This ocean forms the eastern border of Asia.
Indian
Arctic
Atlantic
Pacific
34
Tropic of Cancer
66 1/3 degrees South
0 degrees latitude
23 1/2 degrees North
23 1/2 degrees South
35
What is marked by the arrow?
A latitude line
The Arctic Circle
A longitude line
The Tropic of Capricorn
36
high temperatures and high humidity
steppe
polar
tropical
desert
37
If a place is 10 degrees North, you can make a reasonable assumption that it is
you cannot make a reasonable guess about its climate
hot there
has changing seasons there
cold there
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means half of the earth
place
hemisphere
quartersphere
biosphere

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