Human Geography Final Exam Master Review

Human Geography is the study of...

• The physical processes of the Earth

• Who lives where, why they live there, and how they live

• The psychology of the human race, using maps

• The culture of the human race, without environmental influences

• How humans evolved through time

What are the 5 themes of Geography

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

• movement, region, human-environment interaction, address, place

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

• movement, region, human-environment interaction, location, oceans

Physical and Human are both characteristics of which of the 5 themes of geography?

• Region

• Place

• Movement

• Location

Which of the five themes of geography is BEST depicted in the image below?

• location

• region

• place

• movement

The development of agriculture allowed for people to leave the nomadic lifestyle and begin building permanent settlements. Farming and agriculture are examples of which of the five themes of geography?

• place

• region

• movement

• human/environment interaction

What does each dot on the map represent?

• A) 200 people

• B) 2,000 people

• C) 20,000 people

• D) 200,000 people

Use the map and your knowledge of social studies to answer the question. Which letter on the map shows the location of the Indian Ocean?

• letter A

• letter B

• letter C

• letter D

Use the following map to answer the question below:

• Australia

• Africa

• Antarctica

• South America

Every map projection has some degree of distortion because:

• a curved surface cannot be represented on a flat surface without distortion

• parallels and meridians never cross at right angles on a globe

• the grid system is two-dimensional, while the real world is three-dimensional

• Earth is not a perfect sphere

• latitude lines are shorter than meridian lines

Use the following map to answer the question below.

• North

• West

• East

• South