World Geo First Semester Review Part 2

Front

All of the following are examples of absolute location EXCEPT: 35° 11' 22.53" N, -101° 52' 30.56" W; 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20500; Mile marker sign 108.

Back

The U.S. Capitol is that it is located about 38 miles southwest of Baltimore.

Front

The location of a place relative to other human and physical features is

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relative location

Front

Which of the physical features listed below can be found only in the United States?
The Great Lakes, The Great Plains, The Rocky Mountains, The Great Basin

Back

The Great Basin

Front

Billy thinks that in the South, everyone eats grits, eats fried chicken and watches football. He would be creating what type of region of the South with these ideas?

Back

Perceptual

Front

What are lines on a globe drawn in an east-west direction and measured in degrees? Options: longitude, latitude, grid, equator

Back

latitude

Front

Which of the following divides Earth into Eastern and Western Hemispheres? Prime Meridian, Hemisphere Line, Equator, Tropic of Capricorn

Back

Prime Meridian

Front

A political map shows you.....

Back

country boundaries

Front

You want to find the best location for a beach house, where the weather doesn't get too hot. Which map would you use?

Back

climate

Front

The average weather conditions of a region is called

Back

climate

Front

A student states the weather is the same as the climate. Which response BEST tells the student the difference between weather and climate?

Back

Weather is the conditions in one day, but climate is the conditions over a long time.