Unit 1: Vocabulary Quiz

What is the definition of Latitude?

• Referring to a place by saying 'it's next to another place'

• A specific location like an address

• Grid lines on the world that run east and west

• Satellites that provide location and directions

"When people think of Texas they think of cowboys" is an example of what kind of region?

• A Cultural Region

• A Formal Region

• A Perceptual Region

• A Functional Region

Which of the following is an example of Absolute Location?

• The school is next to the park

• The Amazon River basin

• The Address: 123 Main Street

• How close or spread out things are to each other

A region that is grouped by providing a service, such as a school district, or police, or pizza delivery is known as a(n)...

• Cultural Region

• Functional Region

• Physical Region

• Political Boundary

When you use your phone to get directions you are using….

• The Global Positioning System (GPS)

• A Road Map

• A Political Map

• A Physical Map

The construction of a new dam on a river to create a new lake is an example of what?

• Physical Geography

• Human-Environment Interaction

• Spatial Perspective

• A Formal Region

The study of Land forms and earth’s features is called what?

• Human Geography

• Physical Geography

• Geographic Information System (GIS)

• Global Positioning System (GPS)

What is the definition of Density?

• How close or spread out things are to each other

• What people think when they hear about a region

• The surroundings in which a person lives

• When a place has similar languages or traditions

A region where people share the same language, religion and customs is a…

• Formal Region

• Cultural Region

• Physical Region

• Functional Region

A map that shows the borders of the 50 states of the USA is what kind of map?

• Political Map

• Physical Map

• Thematic Map

• Functional Map