Unit 1 Review Day 2

What type of maps focuses on the characteristics listed below?
mountains, lakes, rivers, oceans, etc.

• Political Map
• Physical Map
• Special Purpose Map

Definition: An area of land that is divided by its common characteristics or shared features

• Region

• Plain

• Bay

• Strait

What geographic technology creates visual forms to see patterns better?

• GPS

• GIS

• Google Maps

• Compass Rose

Geographic Information System (GIS) –

• study of the earth's people

• database of geographic information used to create maps allowing for geographic analysis

• conditions that impact environment

• system that uses satellite data to pinpoint exact locations

Mountains, rivers, and oceans are examples of what types of borders?

• Political Borders

• Physical Borders

• Man-made borders

• National Borders

A computer based system that uses satellite positioning to show your exact location on Earth

• Geographic Information System

• Scale System

• Global Positioning System

The establishment of the border illustrated on the maps is an example of how borders are created to -

• establish countries

• divide peninsulas

• form free trade zones

• follow the course of rivers

The theme of geography that answers the question “How do goods, ideas, and people get  from one area to another is called ?

• Region
• Place
• Human Environment Interaction
• Movement

What is Region?

• A small fenced area for cattle

• A group of places that have human and/or physical characteristics in common.

• An exact location on Earth.

• A form of worship

This map is an example of a . . .

• Political Map

• Physical Map

• Population Map

• Road Map