Tools of Geography Review

The study of Earth and its people is called

• geometry

• geography

• geology

• history

Human geography is the study of

• how people/cultures have spread across, changed, and adapted to Earth

• how things appear on a map

• natural features on the surface of Earth

Choose the THREE correct answers:

Which are examples of HUMAN geography?

• Hoover Dam

• Interstate 80 highway

• The Great Salt Lake

• Union Pacific

  rail line

Physical geography is the study of

• Earth and its people

• how things appear on a map

• natural features on the surface of Earth

Choose the THREE correct answers:

Which are examples of PHYSICAL geography?

• Mount Fuji

• Interstate 80 highway

• The Great Salt Lake

• Death Valley

What does the relative location of a place tell you?

• the longitude and latitude of a place

• where a place is compared to another place

• the map projection being used to show a place

The changes in shape, size, and position of features that happen when representing the 3D Earth on a 2D flat map take place because of

• tilt

• scale

• rotation

• distortion

Which cylindrical map projection do we most commonly see in classrooms and on Google maps?

• Mercator

• Planar

• Conic

Which of the following is CARDINAL direction?

• south

• latitude

• northeast

Which of the following is an INTERMEDIATE direction?

• north

• compass rose

• southwest