U1 Intro Quiz

Which Two continents are entirely in the WESTERN hemisphere

• North America and South America

• Europe and Africa

• North America and Australia

• Asia and Antartica

What does the relative location of a place tell you?

• Where a place is compared to somewhere else

• Which symbol shows a place on a map

• The map projection being used to show a place

• The longitude and latitude of a place

The change in shape size and/or the position of features on a flat map take place because of

• rotation

• distortion

• scale

• tilt

How do geographers show absolute location?

• A compass

• A map scale

• A legend

• A grid of latitude and longitude

A line of longitude (like the prime meridian) runs

• parallel to the tropic of cancner

• from the North pole to the South pole

• parallel to the Artic Circle

• From England to India

What causes the changing of seasons throughout the year?

• The division of Earth into hemispheres

• The rotation of Earth around its axis

• The distance between the sun and EArth

• The tilt of Earth's axis

What would be the advantage to using this map projection

• It shows relative location of places more accurately

• It shows the area of the oceans more accurately

• It shows the size and shape of continents more accurately

• It shows distances between places more accurately

What does a map's scale compare?

• Distortion on a map to distortion on a globe

• Direction on a map with direction on Earth

• Distance on a map with distance on Earth

• Location on a map with location on a globe

A map that shows population density is a type of

• Thematic map

• Physical map

• Political map

• Regional map

What kind of information is shown on this map of North Africa?

• Climate Zones

• Economic Activity

• Population Density

• Vegetation Zones