World Geography Ch. 1 Test

MAtch the vocab term to the definition

• Physical characteristics of a region

• Geography

• Art of making maps

• Landscape

• Study of the weather

• Meteorology

• Topographic features of an area

• Perspective

• Point of view

• Cartography

Match the vocab terms to the definitions.

• Defined area with common characteristics

• Perceptual Region

• Region based on people's feelings

• Region

• Region defined by boundaries

• Functional Region

• Interpreting information

• Formal Region

• Region based on interactions

• Perception

Match the following vocab terms

• A collection of maps

• Longitude

• Grid lines on a map

• Map Projection

• Distance north or south of the equator

• Atlas

• Distance east or west of the prime meridian

• Latitude

• A way to represent the Earth's surface on a flat surface

• Grid

Match the following

• lines of latitude

• Meridian

• lines of longitude

• Equator

• line of latitude going through Greenwich

• Degree

• Unit to measure latitude and longitude

• Parallel

• line between north and south poles

• Prime Meridian

Match the following

• Large Landmass

• Great Circle Route

• Half of a sphere

• Hemisphere

• Shortest rout between two points

• Compass Rose

• Map element, arrows point in directions

• Legend

• Map key

• Continent

Match the following vocab

• Connected by land

• Topography

• Moisture

• Contiguous

• Graph showing precipation and weather

• Population Pyramid

• Graph showing men and women age %'s

• Climate Graph

• Elevation pf the land

• Precipitation

Has one or more common features that make it different from surrounding areas 

• Formal Region
• Functional Region

• Perceptual Region

Different places that are linked together and function as a unit 

• Formal Region

• Functional Region

• Perceptual Region

Regions that reflect human feelings and attitudes 

• Formal Region

• Functional Region

• Perceptual Region

Which of the following is not one of the six essential elements of World Geography?

• Places and Regions

• The Uses of Geography

• Physical Systems

• Human Systems

• Movement