World Geography First Semester Test

All of the following are examples of absolute location EXCEPT

• 35° 11' 22.53" N, -101° 52' 30.56" W

• The U.S. Capitol is that it is located about 38 miles southwest of Baltimore.

• 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20500

• Mile marker sign 108

The location of a place relative to other human and physical features is

• absolute location

• relative location

• exact location

• adjacent place

Billy thinks that in the South, everyone eats grits, eats fried chicken and watches football. He would be creating what type of region of the South with these ideas?

• Formal

• Functional

• Perceptual

• Uniform

Geographers group like things together into regions in order to make them easier to study.  What type of region would a corn field be?

• Perceptual
• Formal
• Functional
• Vernacular

What are lines on a globe drawn in an east-west direction and measured in degrees?

• longitude
• latitude
• grid
• equator

This image demonstrates the concept of

• regions

• stimulus diffusion

• globalization

• none of the above

Which of the following divides Earth into Eastern and Western Hemispheres?

• Prime Meridian
• Hemisphere Line
• Equator
• Tropic of Capricorn

Which picture illustrates the EQUATOR?

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A political map shows you.....

• politicians in the area
• political parties
• country boundaries
• the states that Trump said voted illegally

You want to find the best location for a beach house, where the weather doesn't get too hot. Which map would you use?

• climate 
• physical
• political
• rich person's realty map