Chapter One Quiz

This describes where a geographic feature is located by referring to other features around it

• relative location

• absolute location

• global positioning system

• geographic positioning system

What is the longest day of the year in the Northern Hemisphere?

• winter solstice

• summer solstice

• fall equinox

• spring equinox

Two days in the year when there are 12 hours of light and 12 hours of dark.

• Candlemass Day

• Vernal day

• Autumnal

• Equinox

What is the negative effect of projecting a globe on a flat surface to build a map?

• distinction

• disgruntled

• distortion

• distraction

According to historians, the period known as Modern History began about five

• years ago

• decades ago

• centuries ago

• millennia ago

If you want to see detail in a map, but over a smaller area, you should look for one with a

• small scale

• large scale

• wrestling scale

• fish scale

A map that stresses or highlights mountains, lakes, hills, etc. is a

• political map

• resource map

• population map

• physical map

When it is summer in the Northern hemisphere the North Pole is tilted

• towards the sun

• away from the sun

• not tilted at all

• away from Buena Vista

In the Northern Hemisphere, the day of the year with the fewest hours of sunlight is the

• Fall equinox

• Spring equinox

• Summer solstice

• Winter solstice

What geographic theme involves characteristics that make a location unique?

• place

• region

• location

• movement