Mason- Midterm Review

What represents the physical characteristics of a place? (ex. climate, soil, vegetation, etc.)

• Site

• Area

• Situation

• Environment

What is the name given to a place on Earth?

• Antonym

• Toponym

• Synonym

• Physionym

Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) is where the prime meridian is located and determines what time it is wherever you are located in the world.

• True

• False

What type of measurement is the prime meridian?

• Longitude

• Latitude

What type of measurement is the equator?

• Latitude

• Longitude

Latitude lines run parallel.

• True

• False

Longitude lines run along a meridian (vertically).

• True

• False

What type of map shades recognizable areas in proportion to the measurement of the variable?

• Chloropleth

• Cartogram

• Graduated Symbol

• Dot Distribution

What type of map depicts data as points and shows how those points are clustered together or spread out over an area?

• Isoline

• Cartogram

• Dot Distribution

• Chloropleth

What is the science of map making?

• Geology

• Cartography

• Zoology

• Geography