Geography Quiz

Lines of latitude are also known as _____________.

• meridians

• Prime Meridians

• parallels

• lines

Latitude measures _________ and __________ of the equator.

• East/West

• North/South

Longitude lines measure_________ and _________ of the Prime Meridian.

• East/West

• North South

The relation of one place to another is

• Movement

• Human-Environment Interaction

• Relative Location

• Absolute Location

Using lines of latitude and longitude to find an exact location is...

• Absolute Location
• Relative Location
• Prime Meridian
• Place

What is a Region?

• Tells us ways in which the places in an area are alike

• Tells us what makes an area special and what makes it different from every other area

• Tells us where people and places are

What is location?

• Tells us where people and places are
• Tells us what makes an area special and what makes it different from every other area.
• Tells how people, goods, resources, and ideas move from one place to another.

Cutting down trees to build houses is an example of which?

• Location
• Place
• Human-Environment Interaction
• Movement

What is movement?

• Tells us how people, goods, resources, and ideas move from one place to another

• Tells us what makes an area special and what makes it different from every other area

• Tells us ways in which the places in an area are alike.

Samuel moved to Ohio by way of the Underground Railroad to escape slavery in the south. This is an example of what type of migration?

• Political Pull

• Political Push

• Economic Pull

• Environmental Push