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Unit 1 Geography: Latitude / Longitude Practice
Unit 1 Geography: Latitude / Longitude Practice
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1
How might you describe the physical features of a place?
climate is hot and it is hilly
discuss how people dress
language
list things people do for fun
2
Which city is located at latitude 34 S, longitude 58 W?
Caracas
Lima
Shanghai
Buenos Aires
3
Which theme of geography studies the physical and human features of a location?
place
human-environment interaction
location
regions
4
Which map projection shows correct sized and shapes of the earth but cuts out parts of oceans?
Mercator Projection
Interrupted Projection
equal area projection
peters projection
5
Which city is located at latitude 40 N , longitude 73 W?
London
Seattle
Tokyo
New York
6
Which projection makes South America and Africa look long and skinny?
Equal-Area projection
Peters Projection
Interrupted projection
Mercator projection
7
What are the directions North, South, East and West known as?
cardinal directions
latitude
intermediate directions
cardinal rose
8
Which theme helps explain how people, goods, and ideas get from one place to another?
location
place
regions
movement
9
Which of these countries is located in the Northern Hemisphere?
India
Peru
South Africa
Brazil
10
Which city is located at latitude 19 N , longitude 99 W?
Auckland
El Paso
Mexico City
Toronto
11
Which country is located in both the eastern hemisphere and southern hemisphere?
Thailand
United States
New Zealand
Bolivia
12
Which is not one of the 5 themes of geography?
Human-Environment Interaction
Place
Location
Physical
13
Which is NOT one of the two basic questions that geographers always ask when they study Earth?
What is the climate?
Where are things located?
Why are they there?
14
The most accurate way to show the Earth's continents and bodies of water with a ...
globe
Robinson projection
Mercator Projection
conformal map
15
Which theme compares climate, land, population, or history of one place to another?
location
region
Human-environment interaction
Movement
16
A globe is more accurate than a map because a globe can show....
true shapes of continents and oceans
a region in lots of detail
a distorted view of the Earth
city streets
17
Which of these countries is located in the eastern hemisphere?
Bangladesh
Iceland
Turkey
Japan