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This is an example of which of the 5 Themes of Geography?
Location
Movement
Place
Region
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Which of the following is NOT one of the world's seven continents?
Europe
Indonesia
Asia
Antarctica
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Which continent is the Sahara Desert located on?
South America
Asia
Europe
Africa
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Legend or Key
shows meaning of symbols
Shows direction
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What is absolute location?
More or less where something is located
Where it is absolutely the best place to live
I don't know!!!!!!
exact location
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A compass rose shows:
Grid Coordinates
Latitude
Absolute Location
Cardinal Directions
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This is an example of which of the 5 Themes of Geography?
Movement
Location
Place
Region
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Which is a Relative Location?
Room 107
1600 Pennsylvania Avenue
Ten Blocks South of City Hall
43ºN, 101ºE
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This is an example of which of the 5 Themes of Geography?
Place
Movement
Human-Environment Interaction
Region
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Which is an Absolute Location?
Pike's Peak
25 miles Northeast of 43ºN, 101ºW
Across the street from King Soopers
256 Main St
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Political maps
show boundaries of continents, countries, cities, towns etc.
show who voted in elections
teach us about landforms
show where politicians live
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Political Maps show
Boundaries of Countries
Mountains
Lakes
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There are how many continents?
6
8
7
5
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This picture is an example of which of the 5 Themes of Geography?
Region
Location
Movement
Human Environment Interaction
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North America is located which of the following Hemispheres?
Western
Eastern
Northern
Southern
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Relative Location is
Exact Location
Close by, not exact
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This line is used to divide the Eastern and Western Hemispheres.
Conga
Equator
North Pole
Prime Meridian
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Define absolute location
The location using longitude and latitude .
The location using streetnames and landmarks.
The location using a map.
The address of the location.
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The Prime Meridian is a line of...
Longitude
Latitude
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The equator splits the earth into these two hemispheres...
East and West
North and South
South and East
North and East
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Antarctica is located in this Hemisphere
Western
Southern
Northern
Eastern
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The Sahara desert is located in
Western Africa
Northern Africa
Eastern Africa
Southern Africa
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Physical maps typically show...
cities and states
bodies of water and cities
capitals
land forms and bodies of water
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Absolute or Relative Location? 10215 Lexington Dr.
Absolute
Relative
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The Equator is a line of...
Latitude
Longitude
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What electronic device uses latitude and longitude to find someones absolute location?
GPS
HDTV
Facebook
Computer
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Physical maps show....
None of the above
Mountains, Deserts, Rivers
Texas A&M Univeristy- Commerce
Countries, States, Cities, Captials
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Political Maps
show features made by people, like countries, cities, and borders
show the landforms and bodies of water found in a particular area
a tool used to measure distance on a map
a half of the Earth divided by the Equator or Prime Meridian
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The compass rose helps us identify
what the symbols on the map mean
which direction to travel
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Physical Maps show....?
Land and water
cities and states
Weather
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What term describes relative location?
west
east
next to
north
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What is a compass rose?
a circle showing the principle directions printed on a map
circle that is made of ice
a spherical object
half of the Earth
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Location/absolute location:
describing a place by explaining what is around/near it
describing human activity inside a city or town
a vague, general description of a place
describing a place using its latitude/longitude coordinates
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This line is used to divide the Northern & Southern Hemisphere.
Equator
Latitude
Lunch
Longitude
