Unit 1 - Lesson 1 "The Tools of Geography" - Practice Quiz

The two continents located entirely in the Western Hemisphere are __________________________ and __________________________.

• North America and South America

• Europe and Asia

• Africa and Australia

• Antarctica and Europe

Geographers use a global grid to indicate the ____________________ location of any place on Earth.

• absolute

• relative

• approximate

• general

Relative location tells you where a place is compared to __________________________.

• another place

• the weather

• the population

• the capital city

A meridian of longitude is an imaginary line that runs from the __________________________ to the __________________________.

• North Pole; South Pole

• Equator; Prime Meridian

• Tropic of Cancer; Tropic of Capricorn

• Greenwich; International Date Line

____________________ is the reason maps cannot represent the exact size or shape of Earth’s features.

• distortion

• rotation

• elevation

• latitude

The main advantage of the Goode’s Homolosine Projection Map is that it shows the size and shapes of continents more _________________________________.

• accurately

• distorted

• randomly

• unevenly

A map’s scale compares distance on a map with distance on _________________________________.

• Earth (or the ground)

• the moon

• a globe

• a computer screen

The tilt of Earth’s axis toward the ______________ causes the changing of __________________ throughout the year.

• sun, seasons

• moon, tides

• stars, months

• clouds, weather

A map’s title gives us our first clue about its ____________________________________________.

• subject (or purpose)

• scale

• legend

• location

The global grid is a system of ____________________________ and ____________________________ that allows you to locate any place on Earth with a number code.

• latitude, longitude

• altitude, depth

• temperature, pressure

• climate, weather