Geographer's Toolkit Test Reivew

Define RELATIVE Location

• Exact spot on earth

• It doesn't change

• Where a place is located compared to another place

• Latitude and Longitude

Define ABSOLUTE Location

• Where a place is located compared to another place

• The exact spot or location on earth; it does not change

• It changes

• The Prime Meridian

What does a map scale do?

• Compares the distance on earth (actual distance) to the distance on the map.

• Prime Meridian

• It tells you how much the map weighs

• Political

What line of longitude is at 0°?

• Equator

• Prime Meridian

• The International Dateline

• Hawaii

What line of latitude is at 0°?

• Prime Meridian

• The North Pole

• Flower Mound

• Equator

What line divides the earth into the northern and southern hemispheres?

• Prime Meridian

• Equator

• Longitude

• Latitude

What line divides the earth into the eastern and western hemispheres?

• Equator

• Longitude

• Latitude

• Prime Meridian

Which of the following does a political map show?

• natural features of geography

• landorms, elevation

• countries, states, and citys that are labeled and show boundaries

• bodies of water

Which of the following does a physical map show?

• landforms, elevation, and bodies of water

• features people have created

• population

• countries, states, and cities that are labeled and show boundaries

What does an ECONOMIC map show?

• how many people live in a certain area

• how peiple use the land to make money and meet their needs in a specific area

• boundaries for states, countries, and cities

• landforms