Chapter 1

Geography influences the way people live by affecting their climate, resources, and available land. Which of the following best explains this influence?

• It determines the climate, resources, and land available for living.

• It only affects the color of buildings.

• It makes all people live the same way everywhere.

• It has no impact on daily life.

What does geography affect in people's lives?

• What they eat, wear, and how they build homes

• Only what they eat

• Only what they wear

• Only how they build homes

What is the term for the study of Earth and its peoples, places, and environments?

• geography

• biology

• chemistry

• astronomy

What is the term for having to do with the places, shapes, and relationships of Earth's features to one another?

• spatial

• temporal

• cultural

• climatic

What is the term for the portion of Earth's surface that can be viewed at one time from a location?

• landscape

• continent

• atmosphere

• longitude

What is the term for the location of one place compared to another place?

• relative location

• absolute location

• physical feature

• cultural region

What is the term for the exact location of something?

• absolute location

• relative location

• general area

• approximate position

What is the term for the lines on a map that run east to west?

• latitude

• longitude

• meridian

• prime meridian

What is the term for the lines on a map that run north to south?

• longitude

• latitude

• equator

• tropics

What is the term for a line of latitude that runs around the middle of Earth?

• Equator

• Prime Meridian

• Tropic of Cancer

• Arctic Circle