World Geography Unit 1

Zero degrees latitude is also called the _______.      

• Tropic of Capricorn
• Equator
• Prime Meridian 
• Tropic of Cancer

Describing where a city is situated is part of which element of geography?

• Physical Systems
• Environment and Society
• Places and Regions
• The world in spatial terms 

When discussing places and regions, which is an example of a formal region?

• French Riviera
• Corn Belt
• Great Lakes shipping industry
• train system in Germany

An example of physical geography is

• the importance of human activities in relation to their environment
• the importance of stabilizing the climate in the Arctic
• the importance of water to farmers
• the importance of stopping illegal logging

An example of a statistic geographers may study is

• the location of a mineral deposit
• the customs practiced by a group of people
• the climate trend of a specific region
• the transportation system of a large city

The exact location of a place on earth base upon a latitude and longitude

• pop spot
• city
• point of origin
• absolute location

Human based aspects of geography including language, religion, clothing, technology, and government

• cultural diversity
• cultural features
• cultural definitions
• cultural horizons

The 0 degree line of latitude

• prime meredian
• equator
• hemisphere
• symbols

Imaginary lines that run east and west but measure in degrees north and south

• parallels
• meredians
• longitudinal
• swirls

Imaginary lines that run north and south meeting at the pole but measure in degrees east and west

• latitude
• parallels
• longitude
• primes