How do you calculate population density?

Divide the number of people by land area

What kind of housing would you expect to find most often in an area with a very high population

small apartments in skyscrapers

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Unit 2 A Spatial Way of Thinking Review

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An overview quiz of chapter 2 of TCI - A Spatial Way of Thinking

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1
How do you calculate population density?
Multiply the number of people by land area
Add the number of people by land. area
Divide the number of people by the number of houses
Divide the number of people by land area
2
What could you learn from a climate map?
how cold an area gets in winter
how much rainfall an area recieves
all 3 answers are correct
the average temperature of an area in summer
3
What does arid mean?
Dry
Cold
Wet
Dark
4
A map that shows population density is what type of map?
physical map
thematic map
political map
regional map
5
Which of the following will you find on a map that shows physical features?
population
vegetation
businesses
landforms
6
Which of the following is a body of water?
plateau
peninsula
island
strait
7
What kind of housing would you expect to find most often in an area with a very high population
individual homes spaced miles apart
small apartments in skyscrapers
houses surrounded by farm fields
large homes with front and back yards
8
What does an economic activity map of a country show?
what kind of climate it has
where its people live
how its people make money
how high its mountains are
9
What are coal, iron, uranium, and petroleum?
economic activities
natural resources
vegetation zones
land uses
10
A body of water that cuts into the shoreline & is surrounded by land on 3 sides is called a
peninsula
plateau
gulf
canyon
11
Which term means the pattern of weather over a long period of time?
region
density
vegetation
climate
12
What shows the average temperature and precipitation in a place over a year?
a climograph
a map legend
a physical map
a fjord
13
A physical map may include such features as:
population density
landforms and bodies of water
natural resources
economic activity
14
What two factors do you need to calculate population density?
population and land area
population and density
land area and climate
vegetation and climate

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