WG Unit 1 Exam Review

An imaginary line that follows the curve of the Earth and represents the shortest distance between two points, often used on a globe is known as:

• The Great Circle Route

• Perceptual Region

• Functional Region

• Latitidizzle & Longtituzzle

Which of the following definitions most closely defines Map Projection?

• The exact position of a place on the Earth’s surface

• An imaginary line that follows the curve of the Earth and represents the shortest distance between two points

• A mathematical formula used to represent the curved surface of the Earth on the flat surface of a map

• When a map is put up on the screen

Which of the following definitions best describes Relative Location?

• The exact position of a place on the Earth’s surface

• Location in relation to other places

• The height of a land surface above the level of the sea

• Existing or lying within

What would a geographer use to determine absolute location?

• Where something is located in relation to another place

• A conic projection

• Their pet dog

• Latitude & Longitude

In geography the variation in elevation across an area of Earth's land is known as:

• Relief

• A thematic map

• Map projection

• Relative location

Geographers examine why things are located where they are by looking at the human and physical patterns on Earth and their relationships to one another. This is known as:

• Spatial perspective

• Functional region

• Witchcraft

• Planar projection

A region defined by popular feelings and images rather than by objective data is known as:

• A formal region

• A perceptual region

• A functional region

• Canada

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

• Latitude lines

• Longitudinal lines

• Geometric lines

• The Ring of Fire

What is the Hydrosphere?

• The funniest video out on TikTok

• All living life on Earth

• All water on Earth

• The Earth's surface

Answer explanation

Which of the following most accurately describes Accretion?

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• Molten rock that is located below Earth's surface

• Outer layer of the Earth, a hard rocky shell forming Earth's surface

• Slow process in which an oceanic plate slides under a continental plate, creating debris that can cause continents to grow outward