Maps and Regions 1.2

Why were maps designed?

• To color code places

• To show, provide, or organize information about specific locations

• To name unknown locations

• To give driving directions

How do geographers group areas into regions?

• by determining the population

• by determining how the people affect the land

• based on similar geographic and cultural characteristics

• based on longitude lines

These maps show physical geography features.

• Political maps

• Road maps

• Physical maps

Which type of regions are defined by physical geography characteristics, such as landforms and bodies of water.

• climate regions

• physical regions

• cultural regions

• geography regions

How is population density determined?

• By measuring the physical region

• By measuring the number of people in a given area (a specific square mileage) is..

• By measuring the total number of people

• By measuring the land area

How are areas with groups of people sharing a similar culture and language grouped?

• into physical regions

• into cultural regions

• into thematic regions

• into geographic regions

The overall weather in an area over a long period of time is called _____________________.

• climate

• rainfall

• region

• vegetation

Maps can be used to _________________ information about two or more areas.

• draw

• read

• compare

These maps often show boundaries between countries, states, territories, counties, and even cities and towns.

• physical

• driving

• political

• climate

An area of land with unique characteristics that distinguish it from other areas, such as culture and physical features is called __________________.

• a location

• a region

• a place

• an hemisphere