CP Chapter 1 Test

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

What does human geography examine?

• climate, land , water plants, and animals
• looks at the

  distribution & characteristics of the world’s people.

• all living things on Earth

• people from the past

This is an area with common characteristics on a globe or map.

• Rural

• Region

• Population

• Economic System

What is the disadvantage of a map compared to a globe?

• a map distorts properties like distance, shape and size

• a map shows little detail
• a map indicates actual distances
• a map is very large

How do geographers use a spatial perspective?

• to apply geographic skills to a variety of fields
• to study how people make meaning from the world
• to determine why things are located where they are
• to understand how living and non living things interact 

What is this object known as?

• map symbol
• map key
• map scale
• compass rose

This item on a map is called a...

• Scale
• Thermometer
• Continent
• Compass Rose

This item on a map is called a...

• Continent
• River
• Legend or Key

• Compass Rose

Distance east or west of the Prime Meridian, measured in degrees

• Isthmus

• Map

• Latitude

• Longitude

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

• Geology

• Geography

• Geneaology

• Anthropology