Geography Chapter 1 Review

Physical geography is

• landforms, resources, and climate

• how humans interact with their environment

• what a place is like

• where something is and why it is there

Human geography is

• statistics based on population, race, gender, etc.

• what humankind has done or is doing on and to the earth

• how people (and things) are linked together

• big or small areas that have something in common

Select all that are part of movement

• things

• people

• ideas

• zumba class

You share with a friend news of a recent tornado in Kansas that you saw on the news. This is an example of what

• movement

• human-environment interaction

• place

• region

Which is not one of the 5 Themes of Geography

• Human-Environment Interaction

• Physical Geography

• Region

• Location

You make maps for a living. You are a

• geographer

• cartographer

• topographer

• meteorologist

What type of projection is best used for wide areas

• azimuthal projection

• conic projection

• mercator

• Goode's interrupted

What is Goode's interrupted projection best used for?

• showing continents in relation to one another

• proving the earth is flat

• navigating the seas

• displaying small areas

What is the main problem with the mercator projection?

• area

• direction

• distance

• shape

What is a relief map?

• a map that calms people down

• a topographic map

• a map that shows relief efforts after natural disasters

• a map that shows industries in certain regions