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WorksheetsHonors Chapter 1: Geography Basics
Total questions: 39
Worksheet time: 27mins
The 0 degree line of longitude is known as the ___________ ______________ .
Equator
Prime Meridian
International Date Line
Contour Line
The 0 degree line of latitude is the ___________.
Equator
Prime Meridian
International Date Line
Contour line
What is the reason why latitude lines NEVER intersect?
They converge at the poles
They are cool
They are vertical lines
They are equidistant
How many time zones are there?
18
11
20
24
Meridian that measures 180 degrees longitude and marks the change in calendar day is the:
Equator
Prime Meridian
Tropic of Cancer
International Date Line
The 0 degree mark of longitude is known as the ___________ ______________ measured from Greenwich England.
Equator
Prime Meridian
International Date Line
Contour Line
On which two hemispheres do we live?
Northern and Eastern
Eastern and Southern
Western and Southern
Northern and Western
Which part of the map shows the symbols located on the map and what they stand for?
Compass Rose
Grid lines
Map title
Map key or legend
What do we call directions that come between the cardinal directions?
Primary Directions
Intermediate Directions
Middle Directions
Subdirections
According to the map, which city is the furthest south?
Las Cruces
Carlsbad
Farmington
Clovis
This type of map shows cities, states, and countries
physical map
political map
historical map
This type of map shows kinds of land and bodies of water
Physical map
political map
historical map
A way of representing the spherical Earth on a flat surface.
Map Projection
Distortion
This is what of thematic map best compares one characteristic between countries.?
Mercator
Robinson
Cartogram
Homoloseine
Which of these maps is most useful to backpackers.
Political
Dot
Choropleth
Contour or Topographic
What are Mapmakers called?
mapmakers
Geographers
Cartographers
Cartography
The most accurate model of the earth is a...
Global Grid
Globe
Map
Photograph
A disadvantage to the Mercator would be
show true directions
landsize is distorted or misrepresented
used for marine navigation
most commonly used map
In order to make your way down to the cafeteria you first must head down past the school library. What kind of geographic theme is being used in the description above?
location
relative location
absolute location
movement
What is the antipode of 32S 117 W
32 N 117 E
32 S 117 E
32 N 63 E
32 S 63 E
Starting at 0, 0, if you were to travel one third of the way to the North Pole and then westward a one third of the way around the world, you would be located at:
30 N 120 E
30 S 120 W
30 N 120 W
30 S 120 E
What tool, originally developed for the military, allows us to know exactly where places on Earth are?
GIS
GPS
GOES
GHS
Local sun time is the same as:
standard time
UTC
ZULU time
solar time
At any point on Earth, there are _______ miles between lines of ______________.
60, latitude
60, longitude
69, latitude
69, longitude
Geo-literacy is:
the process of increased interaction and interconnectedness of countries and people around the world.
the ability to use geographic understanding and reasoning to make far reaching decisions in the 21st Century.
the ability to read and create maps.
the distribution and interaction of Earth’s physical and human features.
How many seconds are in 1 degree of longitude?
60
360
600
3600
What type of scale does the picture represent?
graphic
verbal
representational fraction
none of the options listed
The Northern Hemisphere is “ahead” in time compared to the Southern Hemisphere.
True
False
149 68’ 63”N can be rewritten correctly as:
149 68' 63" W
149 69' 03" E
150 09' 03" S
150 09' 03" E
A map that is "zoomed in" to a small area is considered a
small scale map
large scale map
The CH. 1 geography test and late work deadline is:
Wed., Jan. 29th
What? We have test?
What? I can turn in late work?
We just took it?
