Chapter 1 SS Test

The position of a place on the Earth's surface is known as_______

• place
• location
• environment
• movement

The amount of time it takes Mercury to orbit the sun

• 88 days
• 365 days
• 12 hours
• 100 minutes

Which is the earliest historical period? 

• Middle Ages
• Ancient History
• Prehistory
• Modern history

Religions and languages are part of _________

• human geography
• historical geography 
• physical geography
• natural geography

Why are Geographic Information Systems (GIS) important to Geographers?

• They are cost effective and can be purchased easily by geographers
• They make it easier for geographers to communicate from the field.
• They are small and easy to carry
• They can gather, store, and analyze geographic information

Lines of longitude run_________

• Parallel to the Equator
• Perpendicular to the Equator
• South of the Equator
• form the North pole to the South Pole

At noon on or about Dec. 22, the sun's direct rays strike the _______

• Equator
• Tropic of Capricorn
• Prime Meridian
• Tropic of Cancer

During the summer solstice, the North Pole_________

• is tilted away from the sun
• does not tilt
• experiences some melting of the Polar Ice Cap?
• is tilted toward the sun

A decade is _____

• 10 hours
• 10 minutes
• 10 years
• 10 months

This period in history lasted for about 1,500 years.

• Ancient history
• Prehistory
• Modern history
• Middle Ages