Helps you find specific locations.

What is the main problem with showing a spherical earth on a flat map?

Maps are more difficult to carry around than globes are., Size, shape, and position are distorted.

When land is used for subsistence farming

farmers grow only enough crops to feed their own families.

What kind of housing would you find in an area with high population density?

small apartments in skyscrapers

Which statement about map projections is true?

All map projections have some kind of distortion.

an area with common characteristics.

Why do places in tropical latitudes have hot weather year round?

they get the most direct rays from the sun

Any natural feature of Earth that has a distinct shape.

What is the purpose of a compass rose?

To indicate directions on a map.

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Geography Review TCI Ch. 1-2

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1
A map grid
Indicates cardinal and intermediate directions.
Helps you find specific locations.
Explains the symbols used on a map.
Describes the area shown on the map and identifies the topic
2
Which 2 continents occupy the same landmass?
Australia and Antarctica
North America and South America
Europe and Asia
Europe and Africa
3
What could you use to show patterns of land use?
population density map
political map
climagraph
economic activity map
4
What does map scale tell you?
How to read distances on a map.
How many kilometers = a centimeter on a map.
All of the above.
How many miles = an inch on a map.
5
What is the main problem with showing a spherical earth on a flat map?
Only globes can accurately show distances.
Maps are more difficult to carry around than globes are.
Size, shape, and position are distorted.
The map must be gigantic to show detail.
6
In which vegetation zone would be find small trees adapted to a Mediterranean climate?
coniferous forest
chapparal
tundra
temperate grassland
7
The spinning motion of Earth on its axis is called
gyration
revolution
orbit
rotation
8
When land is used for subsistence farming
farmers move around to find food and water for their animals
farms are owned by corporations.
farmers grow only enough crops to feed their own families.
farmers raise crops or livestock to sell
9
Which of the following tell you exactly where a place is located?
meridian of longitude
cardinal directions
parallel of latitude
Geographic coordinates
10
What kind of housing would you find in an area with high population density?
small apartments in skyscrapers
large homes with front and back yards.
individual homes spaced miles apart
houses surrounded by farm fields
11
A physical map may include such features as...
landforms and bodies of water
natural resources
economic activity
population density.
12
Which statement about map projections is true?
No map projection can accurately show the sizes of places.
All map projections distort the shapes of places.
All map projections have some kind of distortion.
Geographers use projections that get rid of all distortion
13
What is a region?
an area with common characteristics.
a pattern of weather.
a natural characteristic of Earth's surface.
an action for buying goods.
14
Why do places in tropical latitudes have hot weather year round?
they get the most direct rays from the sun
they are at a higher elevation
they get more heat from Earth's core.
they are farther away from the cooling of the oceans.
15
South America fits entirely within the
northern hemisphere
eastern hemisphere
southern hemisphere
western hemisphere
16
Plains and plateaus are
landforms
bodies of water
forms of vegetation
types of economic activity.
17
A landform is
Pattern of weather.
Any natural feature of Earth that has a distinct shape.
Defined by one or more cultural characteristics.
Average number of people in a unit of area.
18
What kind of plant is best adapted to an arid climate?
pine trees
cacti
mosses
tall grasses
19
A synonym for map legend is map...
guide
key
translator
grid
20
0 degrees longitude is
international date line
prime meridian
equator
tropic of capricorn
21
The basketball court is 2 blocks north of the school...this is an example of:
absolute location
relative location
latitude
map projection
22
Which shows the average temperature and precipitation in a place over a year?
fjord
climagraph
physical map
map legend
23
What is the purpose of a compass rose?
To allow people to locate any point on Earth.
To indicate directions on a map.
To tell what the map shows.
To identify symbols on a map.
24
To calculate population density you
people X land area
people divided by land area
people + land area
people divided by houses.
25
One example of a thematic map that shows human geography is
map showing deaths in a town.
climate zones of Alaska
physical features map.
vegetation map of a park.
26
Which of the following is an intermediate direction?
North
Latitude
Southwest
Compass rose
27
What could you learn from a climate map?
all of the above.
How much rainfall an area receives.
the average temperature of an area in summer.
how cold an area gets in winter.
28
Which runs east and west around the globe?
Meridians of longitude
Prime meridian.
Parallels of latitude
International Date Line
29
The precise point on Earth where a place can be found is called its
Relative location
Map projection
Distortion
Absolute location
30
Which of the following is a body of water?
strait
plateau
mesa
peninsula

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