GEO Unit 1 Review 2020

Which of the following would a topographical map be used for?

• To determine the population of Great Britain

• To count the number of states in the United States

• To estimate the elevation in Chile’s capital

• To identify major languages spoken in Russia

Which feature would most likely appear on a political map?

• Population densities

• Mountain ranges

• Country borders

• Climate patterns

Latitude and longitude lines help geographers identify which of the following?

• Absolute location

• Depths of oceans

• Elevation of land

• Population density of areas

Lines that run parallel to the equator and are identified as “north” or “south” are which of the following?

• Meridians

• Latitudes

• Longitudes

• International date lines

Lines that run parallel to the Prime Meridian and are identified as “east” or “west” are which of the following?

• Latitudes

• Parallels

• Longitudes

• International date lines

Any geographic feature such as a landform, body of water, vegetation, or climate is known as?

• Physical characteristics

• Human characteristics

• Movement characteristics

• Human-Environment Interactions

The equator divides the earth into which two hemispheres?

• Southern and eastern

• Eastern and western

• Northern and western

• Northern and southern

Which of the following is the best example of a formal region?

• State and county lines

• Population in an area

• Dialects spoken in an area

• Distribution of goods in an area

What is the imaginary line that divides the Earth into the Eastern and Western Hemispheres?

• Equator

• Prime Meridian

• Tropic of Cancer

• Tropic of Capricorn

How does physical geography differ from human geography?

• Only Human geography creates maps and uses them

• Only human geography is concerned with spatial organization

• Physical geography focuses on features of the natural environment

• Physical geography is concerned with human transformations on the earth