Geography Exam Review

1. Spatial coordinates of latitude and longitude express

• relative location
• absolute location
• absolute direction
• relative direction

2. A method for representing the three-dimensional surface of the earth on the two-dimensional surface of a map is known as

• scale
• globalization
• ethnography
• projection

3. What are the 5 themes of geography?

• Movement, human-environment interaction, site, location, place
• Movement, human-environment interaction, region, location, place
• Movement, human-environment interaction, religion, location, place
• Movement, human-environment interaction, region, location, population

4. Landforms such as mountains and volcanoes can be found on a __________________ map.

• physical
• political
• thematic
• topographic

5. The study of the earth and its people is known as

• Cartography
• Agriculture
• Geography
• Geology

6. What is the imaginary line drawn around the earth equally distant from both poles, dividing the earth into northern and southern hemispheres and constituting the parallel of latitude 0°?

• Prime Meridian
• Equator
• Tropic of Cancer
• Tropic of Capricorn

7. What city is located at 39 degrees North and 79 degrees West?

• Buenos Aires
• Indian Ocean
• Dehli
• Washington, D.C.

8. A ratio of the number of items within a defined unit of area measures (total population/total land area)

• dispersion
• direction
• density
• pattern

9. Which of the following is least likely to have a high population density?

• coastal areas of South America
• river valleys in Africa
• interior areas of Australia
• coastal areas of India

10. Which of the following concepts refers to the spatial arrangements of items or features within a given area? (How people are spread out across a place)

• distribution
• direction
• accessibility
• trajectory