Module 1 Studying Geography

What type of map shows land and and water features?

• physical map

• political map

Political maps show the names and borders of countries.

• TRUE

• FALSE

Geography is

• the natural features of the land's surface.

• the pattern of weather conditions in a certain area over a long period of time.

• the living and nonliving things that affect life in an area.

• the study of the world, its people, and the landscapes they create.

What are the two main branches of geography?

• human and physical geography

• historian and archaeologist

• climate and physical geography

• mountains and rivers

What are the types of features that can identify a region?

• Physical Features

• Human Features

• Physical and Human Features

What is the most accurate way to represent the Earth? 

• map
• globe 

What divides the Earth into the Northern and Southern Hemispheres?

• Equator

• Prime Meridian

• Tropic of Cancer

• Tropic of Capricorn

Which imaginary lines measure the degrees north and south of the equator?

• lines of latitude
• lines of longitude

What divides the Earth into the western and eastern hemispheres?

• Equator

• Tropic of Cancer

• Prime Meridian

• North Pole

Map Projections show the Earth on a flat surface but they distort some of Earth's features (such as size, shape, location, etc.).

• FALSE

• TRUE