Ch. 1 L2 Quiz

What does a physical map show?

• official government boundaries

• locations and topography of Earth's physical features

• a singe idea or specific kind of info

What does a political map show?

• official government boundaries

• locations and topography of Earth's physical features

• a singe idea or specific kind of info

Gives exact location of a place

• absolute location

• relative location

• directional location

Gives the location of a place in relationship to other locations

• absolute location

• relative location

• directional landmarks

Measures distances from prime meridian

• latitude

• longitude

• equator

• grid

Measures distances from equator

• latitude

• longitude

• prime meridian

• grid

Measures at 0° latitude

• Equator

• Prime Meridian

• Tropic of Cancer

• Tropic of Capricorn

The study of the earth's physical features and living things is called

• history

• philosophy

• music

• geography

Which of the following is a use of geography?

• making predictions about a population's future water needs

• determining how an ancient civilization spread

• deciding where to build a new highway

• all of the above

What does a cartographer do?

• determine absolute locations with globes

• convert 3-d globes into maps

• show relative location based on reference to a place already known

• use satellite signals to determine exact latitude