World Geography Chapter 1 Review

What is the discipline that involves the analysis of the locations and interrelationships of people, places, and things?

• Geography

• Perception

• Place

• Hemisphere

What does the equator split the earth into?

• Absolute Location

• Hemispheres

• GIS

• Plate tectonics

The formation of many caves is a result of _____ weathering.

• mechanical

• chemical

What is the term for a place's precise position on the globe?

• Absolute Location

• Relative Location

How would you describe a place's position in relation to other places?

• Absolute Location

• Relative Location

What are the five themes of geography?

• people, places, goods, change, environment

• latitude, longitude, hemisphere, Prime Meridian, Equator

• location, place, human-environment interaction, movement, regions

• North Pole, South Pole, natural forces, surface, shape

Chicago is located at _______ coordinates 42 degrees North, 88 degrees West.

• absolute

• relative

How would you define a region?

• A collection of locations drained by a specific river

• A collection of locations with similar landform patterns

• A collection of locations governed by the same authority

• All of the mentioned options

What created the biggest canyons and deepest valleys?

• water movement

• chemical weathering

• erosion by wind

• plate tectonics

What are landforms, climate, and vegetation?

• They are examples of movement

• They are physical characteristics of places

• They are not affected by human actions

• They are functional regions