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Five Themes and Map Skills Review
Five Themes and Map Skills Review
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review for map skills and themes of geography
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The world is divided into different regions based upon _______ and __________.
landforms, languages
similarities, differences
beliefs, morals
location, landforms
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What kind of map is this?
Weather
Political
Topographic
Physical
3
Which of the following is an example of exact location?
32.1535° N, 90.1312° W Florence, MS
MS River
McDonalds
5 miles to the left of the church
4
Which of these is not a continent:
Asia
Africa
Australia
Russia
5
What are the lines that run north and south and are east and west of the Prime Meridian?
longitude
latitude
6
Choose one example that does NOT correctly define a region.
war
ethnicity
climate
location
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What is a map?
a diagram
a flat picture
a round representation of Earth
a flat representation of an area/place
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What is the most common type of region?
formal
perceptual
functional
9
What continent is this?
France
Asia
Africa
Europe
10
________________ can be positive or negative.
place
human-environment interaction
region
location
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The world is interconnected through movement of...
none of the answers listed
people, goods, and ideas
people, goods, and beliefs
goods, ideas, and beliefs
12
What continent is this?
Asia
Antarctica
Australia
Africa
13
_________ characteristics and _______ characteristics define a place.
perceptual, human
perceptual, physical
similar, different
physical, cultural
14
Which one is a specific example of how people can interact with their environment.
deforestation
none of these
forest fires
volcanic eruptions
15
The round map that shows the world is called a
globe
compass rose
map
cardinal directions
16
Which map shows landforms such as deserts, plateaus, oceans, islands, etc.
political
physical
cultural
17
What type of map is this?
population map
political map
history map
physical map
18
The scientific study of ancient cultures through examination of artifacts and other evidence is
geology
paleontology
cartography
archeology
19
The ________ and people are interconnected.
world
location
region
goods
20
What is the imaginary line that divides the earth into the northern and southern hemisphere?
equator
prime meridian
21
Which is a specific example of a cultural characteristic.
holidays
location
similar interests
landscapes
22
What continent is this?
Antarctica
Arctic
North America
Southern Continent
23
Which maps show boundaries of countries and states?
political
physical
24
What map tool tells the cardinal direction?
title
scale
key
compass rose
25
What are the lines that run east and west, and are above and below the equator?
latitude
prime meridian
longitude
26
What is the line that passes through Greenwich England?
equator
prime meridian
27
Lines of _______ are read first, and lines of _________ are second.
latitude, longitude
longitude, latitude
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Which of the following is an example of a physical characteristic?
the beach
religious beliefs
Rocky Mountains
language
29
What is relative location?
exact location
location compared to somewhere else
absolute
30
Which of the following is an example of movement?
all of the answers
FedEx
migration of people
Twitter
31
In the midwest, there are very large fields and very large farms. They live in a farming ____.
region
location
place
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What is absolute location?
a relative direction of where a person/place/etc. is located
a location compared to somewhere else
an exact location, like an address or GPS coordinates
not exact location, like a region or area
33
Which of the following is not one of the six tools found on a map?
scale
latitude and longitude
title
region
34
What type of map is this?
population
climate
physical
political
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What are the two most commonly used maps?
physical, regional
political, physical
regional, scaled
36
There are _______ continents.
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7
5
6
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What can you determine from a map scale?
subject of the map
the environment and landscape
distance on a map
longitude and latitude on map
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Why is a map key so important?
provides the latitude and longitude
provides information such as symbols and colors
provides regional similarities