Geography Ch 1 Review A

Shows the cardinal directions on a map.

• Map Grid

• Compass

• Legend

• Scale

Explains what the symbols mean on the map.

• Title

• Map Grid

• Direction

• Key

Uses lines of latitude and longitude to describe absolute locations on Earth.

• Scale

• Map Grid

• Direction

• Title

The line of longitude that travels across the center of this Earth is called..

• The Prime Meridian

• The Main Meridian

• The Prime Magnitude

• Optimus Prime

Geographers use this line to determine the distance on the Earth's surface as measured by degrees north and south from the equator.

• Latitude

• Longitude

• Prime Meridan

• Equator

Which line runs through Greenwich, England at 0 degrees Longitude?

• Prime Meridian
• Equator
• International Date Line
• Pangea

Which is NOT an example of Human Environment Interaction?

• wind erosion on a mountain

• cutting down trees

• creating fields

• bulldozing land for buildings

One of the five themes of geography, explains how and why people, ideas, and goods go from place to place.

• effect

• movement

• cause

• timeline

One of the five themes of geography, an area with common geographic features.

• history

• region

• evidence

• geography

What is the line at 0 degrees latitude called?

• Prime Meridian
• Equator
• International Date Line
• Pangea