Post Test "Quizizz"

What imaginary horizontal line circles the middle of the Earth like a belt?

• equator

• Northern Hemisphere

• Prime Meridian

Which continent appears in the center of this map?

• Australia

• North America

• Africa

Why do mapmakers create different types of map projections?

• to distort some areas on their maps

• to show either the correct shapes of places or their correct sizes

• to turn the curves of a globe into straight lines

• Mercator

• Goode’s Interrupted Equal-Area

• Robinson

Which of the Six Essential Elements of Geography involves examining where a place is located?

• the world in spatial terms

• human systems

• physical systems

Primary sources

• are usually unreliable since the writers were probably biased.

• were written or created by the people who saw or experienced the event.

How can geographers pinpoint absolute location?

• by finding the intersection of latitude and longitude

• by finding the Prime Meridian and Equator

• by finding the true distance and direction between landmasses

When geographers look at how people have shaped our world, which of the Six Essential Elements of Geography are they studying?

• physical systems

• the world in spatial terms

• environment and society

An example of a secondary source would be

• the biography of a famous general.

• a hand-drawn map by an explorer.

• the election records from a presidential race in 1860.

What type of map would show the names and borders of countries?

• physical

• political

• Mercator