What is Geography Quiz

Geography is the study of the world, its ​ (a)   , and the landscapes they create:

• people
• natural environment

Not everything that geographers study can be ​ (a)   , or measured by numbers:

• quantified
• qualified
• analyzed

____ science is a field that studies people and the relationships among them:

• Social
• Physical

• Human

• Biology

Geographers who study things such as whether a particular city is more urban or rural, or if more people of a particular city live in apartments or houses, examine places at this level of examination:

• city

• regional

• domestic

• global

There are five themes of geography, which of the below is NOT one of them:

(a)  

• climate
• place
• movement

Two of the most common way to describe the location of somewhere are to use its absolute location or its ​ (a)   location:

• relative
• exact
• approximate

Unlike location, this theme of geography goes a step further as it not only refers to where an area is, but also refers to an areas landscape and features:

• climate

• regions

• human-environment interaction

• place

One of the five themes of geography, geographers often divide the world up into numerous ​ (a)   based on a number of characteristics and features that distinguish them from the rest of the world:

• regions
• locations
• places

There are eighteen basic ideas and fundamental concepts as defined by the National Geography Standards. Each one of them is categorized under one of the six essential elements of geography which includes all of the following EXCEPT:

• physical systems

• environment and society

• the world in absolute terms

• human systems

How to apply geography to interpret the past, the present, and to plan for the future all describe this essential element of geography (It's one of the six):

• the uses of geography

• human-environment interaction

• movement

• regions