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Multiple Choice

What is the difference between absolute and relative location?

• Absolute location is the exact location of something.

• Absolute location cannot be identified using lines of latitude and longitude.

• Absolute location describes where something is compared to another place.

• Absolute location describes the characteristics of a place.

Multiple Choice

What is F on Map 2?

• Tropic of Cancer

• Prime Meridian

• Tropic of Capricorn

• Equator

Multiple Choice

Which of these is an example of Relative Location?

• Colombia sits on the equator

• The coordinate 6 N 17 W falls in the Atlantic Ocean

• The hospital is about 4 minutes away from my house

• Utah is at 40 N 110 W

Multiple Choice

What is relative location?

• Where a place is compared to another place.

• Where a place is as defined by latitude and longitude.

• The location of a star on a map.

• The location of oceans and continents.

Multiple Choice

When would a geographer use absolute location?

• To identify the exact location of a place.
• To describe the physical features of an area.
• To locate a place by identifying what areas it is near.
• To show what the cultural characteristics of a place are.

Multiple Choice

What force has caused the fastest change in Earth’s environment in the last 50 years?

• erosion

• human actions

• weathering

• volcanic eruptions

Multiple Choice

Based on the table and what you have learned in this chapter, which statement below would be the best conclusion?

• Earthquakes only occur in North America and South America.

• Volcanic eruptions rarely occur.

• Disasters occur worldwide.

• China has more earthquakes than Haiti does.

Multiple Choice

At the time of year represented above, which point experiences night for 24 hours every day?

• 1

• 2

• 3

• 4

Multiple Choice

Climatologists attribute this year's wildfires in California and other western states to

• Fake news

• Failure to sweep the forest floor

• Bad luck

• Climate Change

Multiple Choice

Earthquakes on the ocean floor can cause a

• Tsunami

• Hurricane

• Typhoon

• Ring of Fire

Open Ended

How is language related to culture?

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is an economic challenge because of population growth?

• Young people move to cities to attend universities.

• In crowded environments, there is not enough work for everyone.

• The global population growth is gradually slowing.

• Cultural groups often work to preserve their original culture.

Multiple Choice

What is the best explanation for the change in world population shown on the graph between 1950 and 2000?

• family planning services became more widespread
• there were several majors wars in Asia and Africa
• improvements in medicine and agriculture were accompanied by rising birth rates in less developed countries
• a dramatic increase in the number of famines and natural disasters occurred in the last half of the twentieth century

Multiple Choice

What is this graph showing you?

• The worlds population is staying the same.
• The worlds population is going down (decreasing).
• The worlds population was growing but now is decreasing.
• The worlds population has been growing and will continue to grow. 

Multiple Choice

Regional variation of a language distinguished by distinctive vocabulary, spelling, and pronunciation.

• Isogloss

• Pidgin

• Dialect

• Accent

Poll

How confident do you feel about this topic now?

• Very confident
• Somewhat confident
• Not confident