Unit 1 Review 2019

An area of the world in which many people share similar beliefs, history, and languages is called a ____________

• Political Region

• Cultural Region

• Climate Region

• Physical Region

Which of the following best represents an example of a Custom and Tradition?

• Selecting English or Spanish subtitles while watching a movie

• Studying historical leaders like George Washington and then visiting memorials in Washington D.C.

• Using a Mapping App to calculate the amount of time it would take to walk to Bahama Bucks

• Watching fireworks displays and listening to patriotic music on the 4th of July?

Geographers us latitude and longitude to determine which of the following:

• Absolute location

• Land Use

• Population Density

• Relative location

What divides the Western Hemisphere from the Eastern Hemisphere?

• Equator

• Prime Meridian

• Tropic of Cancer

• Tropic of Capricorn

Which phrase describes an absolute location?

• Northwestern Canada

• 10 degrees south of the equator

• Next to Brazil

• 45 degrees north, 9 degrees east

Complete the phrase: Geographers study __________

• The history of cities around the world

• What people produce, buy, and sell

• Where dinosaurs once lived

• The location of places and people around the world

When geographers study the economic indicators of people from a certain place, which essential element are they studying?

• Human geography

• Physical Geography

• Places and regions

• Spatial thinking

Which of the following might also cause the world to be divided into regions?

• Physical features such as mountains, oceans, deserts, etc...

• Political systems such as country borders

• weather and climate conditions

• all of the above

Which is an example of an adaptation that a person uses

• He wore a coat in the winter

• She carried an umbrella in the rain

• They used google translate when they visited France

• All of the above

When the roads need to be built in mountainous areas , it is helpful to create a tunnel. This is an example of

• adaptation

• modification

• climate

• culture