Political and Physical Geography

What is absolute location?

• Estimate of a location
• Exact coordinates of a place

What is the name of the line of longitude at 0 degrees?

• Prime Meridian
• Equator
• Middle Point
• International Dateline

What is the name of the line of latitude at 0 degrees?

• Equator
• Prime Meridian
• Tropic of Capricorn
• International Dateline

Which landform is a piece of land that connects two larger areas of land?

• Isthmus
• Island
• River Delta
• Peninsula

What landform is a triangular, flat, low, lying land created by soil carried from downstream?

• Peninsula
• Isthmus
• Island
• River delta

What is the difference between climate and weather?

• Climate is the average weather over a long period of time; weather is conditions at a given time
• Climate is conditions at a given time; weather is the average weather over a long period of time

What is the title on the map show?

• Tells what the symbols and colors mean
• Tells distances as measured on the map
• Tells what direction the map is facing
• Tells what the map is about (titles are not always at the top of a map

What is the compass rose on a map show?

• Tells what direction the map is facing
• Tells distances as measured on the map
• ells what the symbols and colors mean
• Tells you what the map is about

What is the scale on a map show?

• Tells you what the map is about
• Tells you distances on a map
• Tells you the direction of the map
• Tells you what the symbols mean

What does a physical map show?

• Shows physical features or landforms
• Shows major boundaries or cities