Tools Geographers Use

1. Satellites are useful to geographers for doing all of the following EXCEPT:

• A. forecasting weather.
• B. calculating birthrates.
• C. monitoring pollution.
• D. planning cities.

2. A ___ is a three-dimensional representation of the earth.

• A. globe
• B. nautical map
• C. thematic map
• D. topographic map

3. Which of the following geographic tools would best be used to study culture?

• A. Landsat
• B. Field work
• C. Photographs
• D. Secondary source

4. Which geographic tool would best be used to monitor the shrinking of the Aral Sea?

• A. Geostationary satellite image
• B. Field work
• C. Observation
• D. Photograph

5. Which of the following is an example of a physical feature?

• A. Hungry Mother Lake
• B. South Holston Dam
• C. New River Valley
• D. Marion Middle School

6. One problem with maps,:

• A. they are hard to carry.
• B. they cannot show all of the earth at one time.
• C. they have inaccuracies because they are two-dimensional.
• D. they are just too small scale.

7. Which of the following is an example of a cultural feature?

• A. New River Valley
• B. Amazon Rainforest
• C. Bantu language
• D. Hurricane Laura

8. What, approximately, is the world's population?

• A. 7.5 billion
• B. 2 billion
• C. 100 billion
• D. There is no way to know.

9. Do you think a map made during Columbus' era would be more accurate than a map created with a GIS?

• Yes
• No

10. Why would we study Geography?

• A. We wouldn't because it's useless information :(
• B. To better understand and appreciate the people and the world we live in
• C. To understand consequences of human actions with the environment
• D. Both B & C