Geography Skills Review

What is a map scale?

• distance between objects or places on a map

• distance between landmasses and water on a map

• distance between latitude and longitude on a map

• distance on a map in relation to actual distance on Earth

A map that highlights differences in height between mountains and lower regions is called

• a political map

• a physical map

• a mental map

• a thematic map

Which is the main purpose for global positioning technology?

• to determine relative locations on Earth

• to determine absolute locations on Earth

• to determine elevations of geographic features on Earth

• to determine the physical characteristics of regions

A reading of (36N, 140E) provides

• a relative location

• an global reckoning

• a planar projection

• an absolute location

In the grid system used to map locations on Earth's surface, lines parallel to the Equator are called

• latitudinal lines

• geometric lines

• barometric lines

• longitudinal lines

Longitude lines indicate

• distance north and south of the Equator

• distance north and south of the Prime Meridian

• distances east and west of the Equator

• distances east and west of the Prime Meridian

What does human geography examine?

• the relationships between climate, land, water, plants, and animals

• the relationships between physical environments and people

• the relationships between living and inanimate things on Earth

• the relationships between the people in the past, present and future

1. A Functional Region is

• A central place and the surrounding territory linked to it

• Defined by a common characteristic

• Defined by popular feelings and images rather than objective data

• 1. Location in relation to something else

• The map is an outline map and political map of Europe.

• The map is an outline map and physical map of Europe

• The map is a reference map and political map of Europe.

• The map is a reference map and physical map of Europe.

• The map is an outline map and political map of South America.

• The map is an outline map and physical map of South America.

• The map is a reference map and political map of South America.

• The map is a reference map and physical map of South America.