Chapter 1

What tools do geographers use to help them study the diverse regions?

• Compass and line symbols

• Rulers and bar graph

• Globes and maps

• latitude and longitude

What shape are globes?

• square

• sphere

• circle

• rectangle

Who converts three-dimensional globes to maps?

• Society

• Geologists

• Geographers

• Cartographers

Which CANNOT help geographers determine absolute or exact location?

• globes

• maps (latitude and longitude)

• relative location

• compass rose

Which is NOT a purpose for a map?

• perception

• Political

• physical

• thematic

What helps geographers understand how people relate to the space around them?

• Globes

• legends

• Mental maps

• Geospatial technologies

What do GPS and GIS use to determine the exact latitude, longitude, and altitude of locations?

• Scientific Studies

• Satellite Signals

• Mental Maps

• Latitude and Longitude grid system

What do geographers use to examine why places are where they are?

• Spatial Perspective

• Globes

• Ecological Perspective

• Geospatial Technologies

Ecological Perspective examines the relationship between what two things?

• Biosphere, hydrosphere

• Earth's Ecosystems, societies

• plants, animals

• water table, lakes

What other fields can people NOT use geography?

• meteorology

• teaching

• housing

• finance