Unit 1 Quiz

__________ is the study of Earth, its people, and how things change over time.

• Economics

• History

• Geography

• Language Arts

Which of the following is NOT one of the primary geographic terms used to

understand geography?

• human-environment interaction

• location

• regions

• states

Which of the following would NOT be considered a spatial tool to study

geography?

• globes

• graphs

• maps

• pictures

When we describe where something is using the terms “close,” “near,” “above,” or

“below,” we are using __________.

• relative location

• absolute location

• maps

• globes

When we use a grid system to describe a location, we are using __________.

• relative location

• absolute location

• maps

• globes

People who create maps are called __________.

• politicians

• geographers

• historians

• cartographers

Place includes __________.

• how people adapt to their environment

• physical and human characteristics

• how people, resources, and ideas move

• organization into regions

Physical characteristics include which of the following?

• culture

• economics

• landforms

• movement

A place's __________ come from human ideas and interactions people have with

their environment.

• human characteristics

• locations

• physical characteristics

• regions

_______________ explores the relationship between people and the environment.

• Human-environment interaction

• location

• Movement

• Place