Unit 1 World History Exam

Question 1

What are mountains and valleys that rise and fall along the ocean floor called?

Accepted Answer

Ocean Landforms

Question 2

A small-scale map covers a large area but includes few details

Accepted Answer

true

Question 3

What is found at a continental shelf?

Accepted Answer

Sea Life

Question 4

. One inch or centimeter represents a much larger distance on Earth

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true

Question 5

Humans originally migrated because of

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hunting, scarce water, food, hospitality

Question 6

Human geography studies the relationships between humans and their surroundings

Accepted Answer

True

Question 7

Mineral resources are nonliving resources buried within the Earth

Accepted Answer

True

Question 8

What does a physical map show?

Accepted Answer

Natural feature of geography, Elevation and Relief

Question 9

What is a hemisphere?

Accepted Answer

1/2 of the Earth

Question 10

Prevailing winds are winds coming from one direction that blow most of the time

Accepted Answer

True

Question 11

What is beyond a continental shelf?

Accepted Answer

A steep slope

Question 12

Which is not shown on a globe and map?

Accepted Answer

People

Question 13

What is continental rise formed from?

Accepted Answer

rocks and sediment

Question 14

What are the seven continents?

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North America, South America, Africa, Asia, Europe, Antarctica, Australia

Question 15

Positive impacts include deforestation

Accepted Answer

False

Question 16

Why does weather change?

Accepted Answer

Air masses

Question 17

What does Earth's changing affect?

Accepted Answer

Plants, Animals

Question 18

An air mass is a large area of air that has the same

Accepted Answer

both

Question 19

. With the spread of ideas comes great cultural diversity

Accepted Answer

True

Question 20

Biological resources are living things

Accepted Answer

True

Question 21

A map’s scale shows how much distance on Earth is shown on the map

Accepted Answer

True

Question 22

Which one of these is NOT an essential element?

Accepted Answer

Human-Environment Interaction

Question 23

What are the two categories of resources?

Accepted Answer

Renewable and Nonrenewable

Question 24

What are the types of thematic maps?

Accepted Answer

The Point Symbol Map, The Dot Density Map, The Proportional Symbol Map

Question 25

The 4 hemispheres are called Northern, Southern, Eastern, and Western

Accepted Answer

True

Question 26

push factors: push you away from an area

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true

Question 27

True or False: Environment & Safety is one of the 6 elements?

Accepted Answer

True

Question 28

Weather is the condition of the atmosphere at a particular time

Accepted Answer

True

Question 29

What is a globe?

Accepted Answer

A 3-dimensional representation of Earth

Question 30

Since early civilizations people have...

Accepted Answer

adapted

Question 31

As people migrate they bring their ideas, culture, skills and language with them

Accepted Answer

True

Question 32

What is true about longitude lines?

Accepted Answer

There are 180 degrees east and 180 degrees west of the prime meridian, The prime meridian runs through Greenwich, England and is 0 degrees, They run north to south from the North Pole to the South Pole., They measure the distance east or west of the prime meridian

Question 33

Which factors affect a region's climate?

Accepted Answer

Elevation, Latitude, Ocean currents, Prevailing winds

Question 34

. Erosion is the process by which rocks and soil slowly break apart and are swept away

Accepted Answer

True

Question 35

Which is NOT included in climate?

Accepted Answer

Average Citizens

Question 36

What is a plateau?

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A plain, high above sea level

Question 37

Places at higher elevations have colder temperature than places closer to the sea level

Accepted Answer

True

Question 38

Which ways do latitude lines run?

Accepted Answer

East to West

Question 39

Which of these is NOT a common projection?

Accepted Answer

Aritmatica Projection

Question 40

A large-scale map covers a small area but shows many details

Accepted Answer

True

Question 41

There are 4 climate regions

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False

Question 42

People move because of push/pull factors

Accepted Answer

True

Question 43

Which one of these is NOT an essential element?

Accepted Answer

Region and movement

Question 44

Which of these is NOT a climate region

Accepted Answer

Artifactual Geography Rocks

Question 45

A climate region is a group of places that have similar temperatures, precipitation levels, and changes in weather

Accepted Answer

True

Question 46

A thematic map: A map about a specific theme, or topic, example being economic activity, population density

Accepted Answer

True

Question 47

What are the 5 themes of geography?

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Location, place, movement, region, and human-environment interaction

Question 48

Which of these is NOT a climate region

Accepted Answer

Movement of Spatial Particles

Question 49

Technology, culture, ideas, movement, trade, skills, and language are all included in the spread of ideas

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True

Question 50

pull factors: pull people towards an area

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true

Question 51

Which of these is one of the 5 oceans?

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Arctic, Southern, Indian, Atlantic

Question 52

What is NOT true about latitude lines?

Accepted Answer

They run north to south from the North Pole to the South Pole

Question 53

Locations near the equator have the same temperature throughout the year

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True

Question 54

Humans began in Africa

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True

Question 55

Ocean currents affect climate

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true

Question 56

Beyond the slope, before the ocean floor, the land slopes slightly upward, this is the continental rise

Accepted Answer

True

Question 57

What are the two types of Earth's natural resources?

Accepted Answer

Biological and Mineral

Question 58

The boundary between two air masses is called...

Accepted Answer

front

Question 59

What does a political map show?

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Features humans have created, Man-made features

Question 60

What does weather include

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all of the above

Question 61

What is a scale shown in?

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inches and centimeters

Question 62

Negative impacts inclue re-planting forests

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False

Question 63

How many hemispheres are there?

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4

Question 64

There are 3 common projections

Accepted Answer

False

Unit 1 World History Exam

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Unit 1 World History Exam

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