Spatial Way of Thinking

What mystery did John Snow solve in 1854 by thinking like a geographer? 

• How bubonic plague spread through the bites of infected fleas
• How cholera spread through polluted drinking water
• How diphtheria spread through direct physical contact
• How tuberculosis is spread through the coughs and sneeze

One example of a thematic map that shows human geography is...?

• a map showing the vegetation at Yellowstone.
• A map showing the gorges and ravines at Finger Lakes
• a map showing the cholera deaths near the Broad Street pump
• a map showing the climate zones of Alaska

A landform is...?

• any natural feature of Earth's surface that has a distinct shape
• the average number of people who live in a unite of area
• defined by one or more cultural characteristics that set it apart from another
• the pattern of weather over a long period of time

Plains and plateaus are...?

• landforms
• bodies of water
• forms of vegetation
• types of economic activity

A physical map may include such features as

• natural resources
• economic activity
• landforms and bodies of water
• population density

Which of the following is a body of water? 

• peninsula
• mesa
• plateau
• strait

What shows the average temperature and precipitation in a place over a year?

• a climagraph
• a fjord
• a map legend
• a physical map

Why do places in tropical latitudes close to the equator have hot weather year-round?

• they are at higher elevations
• they get more heat from the Earth's core
• they get the most direct rays from the sun
• they are farther away from the cooling waters of the oceans

What kinds of plant are best adapted to an arid climate? 

• cacti
• mossess
  mosses
• pine trees
• tall grasses

In which vegetation zone would we find small trees and bushes adapted to a Mediterranean climate? 

• temperate grassland
• coniferous forest
• chaparral
• tundra