Geography and Types of Maps Quiz Review

What are the 5 themes of geography?

• Location, Place, Human/Environment Interaction, Movement, and Regions

• Northern, Southern, Eastern, and Western

• Absolute and Relative

• Physical and Historical

What is an example of absolute location?

• Your home address

• The equator

• A physical map

• A drought map

What are the two types of regions?

• Cultural and Physical

• Location and Place

• Absolute and Relative

• Northern and Southern

What does a physical map show?

• Landforms and bodies of water

• A particular time from the past

• Areas that share similar characteristics

• Information related to a certain theme

What does an elevation map show?

• The distance or height of land above sea level

• Landforms and bodies of water

• A particular time from the past

• Areas that share similar characteristics

What does a historical map show?

• A particular time from the past

• Landforms and bodies of water

• The distance or height of land above sea level

• Areas that share similar characteristics

What does a special purpose map show?

• Information related to a certain theme

• Landforms and bodies of water

• A particular time from the past

• Areas that share similar characteristics

What are the four hemispheres that Earth is divided into?

• Northern, Southern, Eastern, and Western

• Location, Place, Human/Environment Interaction, and Movement

• Absolute and Relative

• Physical and Historical

What is the equator?

• An imaginary line marked at 0 degrees latitude

• An imaginary line marked at 0 degrees longitude

• An example of absolute location

• An example of relative location

What is the prime meridian?

• An imaginary line marked at 0 degrees longitude

• An imaginary line marked at 0 degrees latitude

• An example of absolute location

• An example of relative location