Geography Quiz

The Equator is

• 0 degrees latitude

• 0 degrees longitude

• 90 degrees N latitude

• 180 degrees longitude

The following road map is a

• reference map

• thematic map

• constellation map

• star map

Latitude and longitude may be used to determine which of the following characteristics of a place?

• Its site features

• Its absolute location

• Its relative location

• Its situation

The theory that humans determine their culture, not the environment, is known as:

• Environmental Determinism

• Sustainability

• Possibilism

• Land Use

Lines of Latitude impact the

• weather.

• time.

• maps.

• projections.

Every map projection has some degree of distortion because

• the grid system is two-dimensional, while the real world is three-dimensional.

• Earth is not a perfect sphere.

• latitude lines are shorter than meridian lines.

• a curved surface cannot be represented on a flat surface without distortion.

Which of the following best describes the type of information provided in the directions?

• Absolute location

• Geographic information systems

• Relative location

• Cartographic principles

Which of the following scales is represented in the map shown?

• Local, showing the towns and township areas in a county

• Regional/Sub-State, showing the states or provinces in one part of a country

• National/State, showing the counties or parishes

• Neighborhood, showing the block along street boundaries

Lines of Longitude impact the

• weather.

• maps.

• projections.

• time.

The following dot-density map is a

• Reference Map

• Thematic Map

• Dramatic Map

• Artistic Map