Unit 1 and 2 Retest Review

What map feature can help you determine the approximate distance between two locations?

• map scale

• key

• title

• distance calculator

What does GPS tell the user?

• Absolute location

• Relative location

• Region

• elevation

The Equator is measured at _______________, and divides the Northern Hemisphere from the Southern Hemisphere.

• 0 degrees Longitude
• 180 degrees Longitude
• 0 degrees Latitude
• 90 degrees South

Himilayan Mountains

• converging continent to continent
• earthquake in subduction zone
• converging ocean to continent
• transformational

What is happening at this boundary?

• A rift valley forms
• Mountains are building
• The ocean is sinking
• Volcanoes form

During an equinox, the Sun is directly over the?

• Tropic of Capricorn
• Tropic of Cancer
• Equator
• Santa's Workshop

Is the Tropic of Cancer ABOVE the Equator or BELOW the Equator?

• Above
• Below

Is the Tropic of Capricorn ABOVE the Equator or BELOW the Equator?

• Above
• Below

A planar projection map is most useful for?

• Finding the shortest distance between two places particularly at the Poles
• Visualizing overall shape and size of land
• Sea Navigation
• Mapping the Continents

A mathematical formula used to represent the curved surface of the Earth on the flat surface of a map is...

• a cylindrical projection
• a planar projection
• map projection
• conic projection