APHUMAN GEOGRAPHY TEST 1

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(a)  

What are the Five Themes of Geography?

e

d

c

b

a

Human Interaction

Movement

Location

place

Region

Which map maker created the first world map?

• Al Idris

• Ptolemy

• Waldseemuller

• Eratosthenes

Match the following

• Eratosthenes

• Geo means

• Cartography

• First used the word geography

• Al Idris

• Map maker

• earth

• The official name of map making

• Ptolemy

• Built upon Ptolemy's map

Which are distortions

• Shape

• Distance

• Relative Size

• Direction

• All

Match the following

• Human Interaction

• Humans' involvement with the earth and other humans is

• Toponym

• The name given to places on earth

• Relative Location

• A place relative to another place defines

• Absolute Location

• North, south, East and West are

• Cardinal Directions

• This location never changes

What is the area found between two objects defined as?

(a)  

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