World Geography Chapter 1 Quiz

What is World Geography?

• The study of the movement of earth’s human population

• The study of both the physical and human characteristics of earth

• The study of the physical features of earth

• The study of the human features of earth

What is a map and why is it useful to geographers?

• A great deal of statistical information can be recorded on a map.

• Maps can show the history of a country at a glance

• There are many different types of maps

• A 2-dimensional representation of earth, used to locate things on the earth’s surface

The illustration above demonstrates –

• Relative and absolute locations

• How plate tectonics has affected the US throughout time

• How different cartographers view the US

• How distortion affects maps

What are the two types of location that geographers use as reference points?

• High and Low

• Human and Physical

• Absolute and Relative

• Population and Coastal

Geographers use a grid system on a map in order to –

• identify the absolute location of any place on Earth

• determine the number of people living in a given area

• help determine what places look like in the past

• learn about latitude and longitude in ancient times

The exact spot at which a place is found on the globe is known as ​ (a)   .

• absolute location
• hemispheres
• linear distance
• place
• region

What is meant by the term relative location?

• The exact spot at which a place is found on the globe

• The location of a place in relation to other places

• The location of a place unrelated to other places

• The distance of a place from the Prime Meridian

The ​ (a)   is a line of latitude and divides the earth into the Northern & Southern Hemispheres, while the ​ (b)   is a line of longitude that divides the earth into Eastern and Western hemispheres.

• international date line
• Tropic of Capricorn
• Tropic of Cancer

• equator
• prime meridian

​ A particular space with physical and human meaning is known as ​ (a)   answers the question of "What's it like?"

• region
• absolute location
• hemispheres
• linear distance
• place

A perceptual region is defined as –

• a time period in a specific part of the world

• the distant future and how geography will change in an area

• a central point and the surrounding territory linked to it

• an area grouped together and defined by shared attitudes, cultures, and feelings