APHUMAN GEOGRAPHY TEST 1

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What are the Five Themes of Geography?

e

d

c

b

a

Human Interaction

Region

Location

place

Movement

Which map maker created the first world map?

• Al Idris

• Ptolemy

• Waldseemuller

• Eratosthenes

Match the following

• earth

• Built upon Ptolemy's map

• Ptolemy

• First used the word geography

• Al Idris

• Map maker

• Eratosthenes

• The official name of map making

• Cartography

• Geo means

Which are distortions

• Shape

• Distance

• Relative Size

• Direction

• All

Match the following

• Toponym

• This location never changes

• Absolute Location

• A place relative to another place defines

• Human Interaction

• The name given to places on earth

• Relative Location

• Humans' involvement with the earth and other humans is

• Cardinal Directions

• North, south, East and West are

What is the area found between two objects defined as?

Match the following

• The largest continent

• seven

• The number of continents on a map

• Place

• A unique location on earth

• Africa

What are the purposes of maps?

• A reference tool

• A communication tool

• Both

• Neither

How do geographers calculate the time cycles of a day?

Answer explanation