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WorksheetsM-H Chapter 1, Lessons 1&2
Total questions: 33
Worksheet time: 33mins
An economic resource map shows __________ ?
Countries
Population
Gold
Climate
____________ is a theme of geography.
Latitude
Absolute Location
Region
Prime Meridian
A physical map shows ___________ ?
Countries
Elevation
Climate
Population
__________ is not an essential element of geography.
Physical Systems
Water Systems
Human Systems
Places and Regions
Geography studies the location and spatial relationships among people, places, and environments. Maps reveal the complex spatial relationships. These refer to _________ ?
Landforms
Physical systems
The World in Spatial Terms
The Uses of Geography
The Equator is a line of latitude.
True
False
A chain of rocks, coral or sand at or near the surface of the water
seacoast
reef
delta
mesa
Large natural stream of water that runs through the land.
Seacoast
Upstream
Downstream
River
Body of land jutting into a lake or ocean, surrounded on three sides by water
Isthmus
Cape
Peninsula
Delta
Body of land jutting into a lake or ocean, surrounded on three sides by water
Isthmus
Cape
Peninsula
Delta
On a map, which element tells direction?
Scale Bar
Key
Compass Rose
South
The Global Positioning System was originally created by
the Chinese.
the warrior class.
a small committee of map making companies.
the U.S. government.
The two types of maps are
general purpose and thematic.
physical and political.
round and flat.
large and small scale.
To learn the size of a city on a map, you could look at the
scale.
key.
compass rose.
projections
Half a sphere is
halfasphere.
hemicircle.
semicircle.
hemisphere.
Maps convert a round space into a flat space but they distort the physical world.
True
False
A political map is a type of thematic map.
True
False
Geographers know the exact height of Mount Everest.
True
False
Not knowing why features are located where they are is a limit of technology.
True
False
Satellites gather information about the weather and have cameras to take pictures of the land.
True
False
A map of our school would show the bank.
True
False
GPS means
Grandfather Plays Santa
Global Positioning System
Global Position of Satellites
Grandmother Plants Spinach
Physical maps show relief, or the difference between the elevation of one feature and the elevation of another far away.
True
False
South America is in the Eastern Hemisphere.
True
False
The Prime Meridian and International Date Line split the Earth into Eastern and Western Hemispheres.
True
False
Environment and Society is an essential element of geography.
True
False
_______ is NOT an essential element of geography.
Water Systems
Human Systems
Physical Systems
The World in Spatial Terms
Remote sensing is ______ .
getting information from close by.
getting information from far away.
getting information from your teacher.
a good nose.
A cell phone uses _______ technology.
GIS
GPS
remote sensing
mapping
A land-use map is a ________ map.
thematic
physical
political
general purpose
A large scale map shows _____ area.
small
large
flat
round
Lines of longitude run _______ .
north-south
east-west
up-down
this way-that way
Each half of Earth is called a ________ .
globe
map
hemisphere
sphere
