Chapter 1:This is Geography

What does the Mercator’s projection distort?

• the poles

• relative size

• land areas

• shape

What are the 5 themes of geography?

• Site, Situation, Human-environment interaction, Place, and Movement

• Space, Site, Environment, Maps, and Movement

• Human Environment-Interaction, Maps, Movement, Site, and Situation

• Site, Situation, Maps, Place, and Region

What is participatory GIS (PGIS)?

• Determines Precise Location

• Analysis of data acquired through satellites

• Community based mapping

• Scientific research by amateur scientists

What city does the prime meridian go through and has its own mean time?

• London, England

• Venice, Italy

• Mexico City, Mexico

• Greenwich, England

What map would have the the smallest map scale?

• Map of St. Charles

• World Map

• Map of Illinois

• Map of America

T or F: Maps are used as a reference tool and a communication tool

• True

• False

What is the degree of the prime meridian?

• 0 degrees latitude

• 100 degrees longitude

• 0 degrees longitude

• 100 degrees latitude

What can you also refer to a Vernacular region as?

• Formal

• Nodal

• Uniform

• Perceptual

The south is a _____ region

• Vernacular

• Formal

• Unitary

• Functional

What does human geography study?

• What and Why

• Who and Why

• Why and Where

• Where and Who