6th Grade Unit 2 Less 1-4 Quiz Review

Which of the following are absolute locations? (choose 2)

• 37' N Latitude, 90' West Longitude

• 350 Aspen Ridge School Road, Ishpeming, MI 49849

• 2 blocks east of Ralph's Deli

• Just south of the Equator

The location of a place in relation to something/someplace else

• relative location

• absolute location

• global grid

• geographic coordinates

a visual representation of an area

• map

• distortion

• culture

• absolute location

a series of water waves caused by an undersea earthquake

• tsunami

• hurricane

• earthquake

• blizzard

What do you call a geographer who makes maps?

• cartographer

• historian

• economist

• political scientist

What does a political map show?

(Choose 2)

• borders for countries, states, and counties

• location of cities and capitals

• Earth's physical features

• climate Zones

• population density

line of latitude that circles Earth halfway between the North and South Poles (0 degrees latitude)

• Equator

• Prime Meridian

• Tropic of Cancer

• Tropic of Capricorn

the crisscrossing lines of latitude and longitude on a map or globe

• global grid

• map

• Equator

• Prime Meridian

imaginary lines that show distances north or south of the equator

• lines of latitude

• lines of longitude

• 0 degrees

• North and South Poles

imaginary lines that measure distance east and west of the Prime Meridian

• lines of longitude

• lines of latitude

• equator

• climate zones