G9 Geography - Unit 1 Vocabulary Quiz

What is geography?

• The study of rocks

• The study of places and how people change them

• The study of space

• Earth graph

What is physical geography?

• The study of countries

• The study of people in countries

• The study of how people spend money

• The study of the land and oceans

Which is NOT an example of physical geography?

• waterfalls

• walls between countries

• mountains

• forests

What is a map projection?

• A way to show the globe on a map

• Putting a map on a wall

• Predicting how a map will change

• Putting light on a map

What does GPS mean?

• Global Police Squad

• Good Price System

• Grab Play Store

• Global Positioning System

Lines of longitude run ...

• east to west

• northwest to southeast

• very fast

• north to south

What do we use to know your absolute location?

• The sky

• Longitude and latitude

• A landmark

• Mountains

What is a relative location?

• A location described by using other locations

• Where your family lives

• Coordinates on a map

• A school

What is an example of a region?

• The United States of America

• Polynesia

• Japan

• Vietnam

Which one is NOT an example of topography?

• clouds

• valley

• lake

• river