Geography Basics Review

Longitude and latitude are an example of ____.

• region

• absolute location

• relative location

• place

the average number of people in a square mile or kilometer

• population

• population distribution

• population growth

• population density

The U.S. is located in what two hemispheres?

• northern and southern

• eastern and northern

• western and northern

• eastern and southern

Which of the following is an example of the region theme?

• Central America

• South Africa

• South America

• Saudi Arabia

What two lines of longitude separate the eastern and western hemispheres?

• Equator and Prime Meridian

• Arctic Circle and International Dateline

• Prime Meridian and International Dateline

• Prime Meridian and Tropic of Cancer

GDP is the amount of wealth a country has in ____.

• value of imports

• value of goods and services produced

• amount of money possessed

• value of international exports

A fertile place in the desert where water and vegetation can be found.

• oasis

• plateau

• canal

• delta

A taboo is a behavior that is culturally ____.

• acceptable

• considered average

• a part of religion

• unacceptable

Which of these statistics would help determine someone's quality of life?

• number of imports in a country

• the life expectancy

• how much land a country has

• all of these

A majority of the world's population live ____.

• near the Pacific coast

• in rural areas

• in urban centers

• near the equator