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Ch.1 Geography & Technology
Ch.1 Geography & Technology
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Review continents, oceans, map skills, and technologies of exploration
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What is Antarctica?
D
A
C
B
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What is Australia?
BC
AB
B
A
3
What is AD?
South America
North America
Africa
Australia
4
Which bold line shows the starting point of longitude?
Equator
Prime Meridian
International Date Line
North Pole
5
An object using position of stars and objects in the sky to figure out the ship’s latitude.
compass
astrolabe
caravel
rudder
6
What is E?
Australia
South America
North America
Atlantic
7
Which bold line on the map shows the starting point of latitude?
Equator
Prime Meridian
International Date Line
North Pole
8
What does the shaded area of the map cover?
Northern hemisphere
arctics
Eastern hemisphere
tropics
9
What tellswhat the colors, lines, and symbols on a map mean?
compass rose
longitude
legend or key
latitude
10
What is AE?
Europe
South America
Australia
Asia
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What is A?
Arctic Ocean
Southern Ocean
Pacific Ocean
Indian Ocean
12
Calculates the distance between two places on a map.
legend
compass
key
map scale
13
What is BC?
Atlantic Ocean
Arctic Ocean
Indian Ocean
Pacific Ocean
14
What European country's caravel helped them be the
first
to travel to Asia by sea?
Portugal
Spain
England
Netherlands
15
What was a new tool of navigation during the Age of Exploration?
astrolabe
gunpowder
latitude
constellations
16
What helped European explorers to dominate the natives in the New World?
Europeans had gunpowder weapons.
Europeans knew the land better.
Europeans had more soldiers.
Europeans had bows and arrows.
17
What are lines of latitude called?
tropic lines
parallels
meridians
lines of demarcation
18
Which instrument/invention was used for finding direction?
compass
rudder
caravel
astrolabe
19
What is AC?
Africa
Asia
South America
Pacific
20
People who make maps are called _____________.
projectors
geographers
cartographers
navigators
