Spiral Review Week 2

Which term below is used to describe the exact place on earth at which a geographic feature is found?

• absolute location
• relative location
• proximity
• directional indicator

Which of the following would NOT be a use of mental maps?

• driving to the shopping mall
• giving directions to your home
• understanding world events
• planning a cross country road trip

Map projections represent the earth's surface by converting a:

• topographic map to a political map.
• satellite image to a map projection.
• a three-dimensional image to a two-dimensional image.
• a two-dimensional image to a three-dimensional image.

0 degrees latitude is

• The Tropic of Cancer
• The Tropic of Capricorn
• Equator
• Prime Meridian

Countries that are in the Eastern Hemisphere are:

• north of the equator.
• south of the equator.
• east of the Prime Meridian.
• west of the Prime Meridian.

Which map projection would be most helpful to an airline pilot flying from Richmond, Virginia, to Tokyo, Japan?

• Mercator Projection
• Polar Projection
• Robinson Projection
• Goodes Projections

A political map shows:

• boundaries of areas such as countries, states, and cities.
• features such as lakes, rivers, mountains, relief, and elevation.
• the major leaders of a nation.
• the major political parties of a nation.

One half of the globe is called a

• Equashpere
• Hemisphere
• Quadrant
• Section

Which of the following is NOT used to show the relative location of a place?

• its direction from other places
• its distance from other places
• its latitude and longitude
• its proximity to natural resources

Which of the following parts of a map is used to show the approximate distance between two places?

• compass rose
• latitude and longitude
• legend or key
• scale bar