Ch. 1 The Geographer's World

The oldest maps were made in ____ on clay tablets around 2300 BC.

• Rome

• Egypt

• Babylon

By ____, geographers began to accept the idea of Earth being a sphere.

• 350 BC

• 225 AD

• 750 AD

Aerial photography began to be used after the...

• Spanish American War

• Great War

• Korean War

When Ptolemy created his map of the known world, what continent was most likely not included?

• Europe

• Asia

• North America

When did Magellan's fleet set sail around the world?

• 1497

• 1519

• 1602

Neil Armstrong walked on the Moon before Edmund Hillary reached the top of Mt. Everest.

• True

• False

The North Pole was reached before the top of Mt. Everest.

• True

• False

The study of Earth and its people, places, and environments....

• physics

• geology

• geography

Spatial refers to Earths features in terms of their..

• thermal energy

• environmental impact

• location

Portions of Earth's surface that can be viewed at one time and from one location.

• climate

• environment

• landscape