Chapter 1&2 Blitz

What is an exact global address derived from latitude and longitude lines that intersect at that place?

• Absolute location

• relative location

• Proximate location

• Address

What location uses a reference point to identify one place in relation to another.

• Absolute location

• relative location

• Proximate location

• Place

A global positioning system (GPS) is used to determine the exact, or absolute, location of something on Earth.

• True

• False

A region defined by a common characteristic. such as production of a product. Ex- Corn belt is a band of farmland stretching from Ohio to Nebraska.

• Perceptual Region

• Functional Region

• Formal Region

A central place and the surrounding territory linked to it. Ex- cell tower provides a central place for a surrounding area in which cell phones can obtain phone reception.

• Perceptual Region

• Functional Region

• Formal Region

A region defined by popular feelings and images rather than by objective data. Ex- The south (of the United States) can be different states from one person to the next.

• Formal Region

• Functional Region

• Perceptual Region

The water areas of the Earth, including oceans, lakes, rivers and other bodies of water.

• Hydrosphere

• Lithosphere

• Atmosphere

• Biosphere

Uppermost layer of the Earth that includes the crust, continents and oceans basins

• Hydrosphere

• Lithosphere

• Atmosphere

• Biosphere

A thin layer of gases that surround the Earth

• Hydrosphere

• Lithosphere

• Atmosphere

• Biosphere

The part of the Earth where life exists

• Hydrosphere

• Lithosphere

• Atmosphere

• Biosphere