Intro To Geography

Which climate best characterizes the high latitudes?

• Tropical
• Subarctic
• Humid continental
• Marine West Coast

• Brazil
• Italy
• Madagascar
• Australia

"Jimmy knows the route from his house to his school, and can name each street along the way."  This statement is an example of -

• absolute location
• a primary source
• a thematic map
• mental mapping

This symbol identifies which feature of a map?

• Orientation
• Contour
• Distance
• Projection

• Tornado
• Hurricane
• Blizzard
• Mistral

• Indus
• Nile
• Amazon
• Danube

• Russia
• Southeast Asia
• France
• Latin America

Mexico is linked more to Central and South America than to North America because of the way geographers define -

• political regions
• physical regions
• economic regions
• cultural regions

Which name do western societies commonly use for the Arabian Gulf?

• Gulf of Aden
• Red Sea
• Sea of Marmara
• Persian Gulf

The separation of Northern Ireland from the Republic of Ireland is an example of -

• immigrants trying to adapt to a new government
• language differences affecting growth in a region
• all citizens agreeing to a political process
• religion as a dividing force in a region