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How Geographers View the World 1.1

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

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Class
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1.

The study of the Earth and its peoples, places and environments is called...

a)

geology

b)

geography

c)

cartography

d)

anatomy

2.

location of one place compared to another place

a)

echolocation

b)

absolute location

c)

relative location

d)

relevant location

3.

The exact position of a place on the Earth where one line of latitude crosses or intersects with one line of longitude is called...

a)

relative location

b)

latitude

c)

longitude

d)

absolute location

4.

Also called parallels, circle the globe parallel to the Equator and measure the distance north or south of the Equator

a)

latitude

b)

longitude

c)

Equator

d)

Prime Meridian

5.

What is the name of the imaginary line at 0 degrees latitude that divides the Earth into Northern and Southern Hemispheres?

a)

Prime Meridian

b)

latitude

c)

Equator

d)

longitude

6.

Also called meridians, circle the globe and meet at the poles and measure the distance east and west of the Prime Meridian?

a)

latitude

b)

absolute location

c)

relative location

d)

longitude

7.

What is the name of the imaginary line at 0 degrees longitude that divides the Earth into Eastern and Western Hemispheres?

a)

longitude

b)

Prime Meridian

c)

Equator

d)

latitude

8.

What do you call a group of places that are close to one another and share characteristics like landforms, climate, population, culture, or economy?

a)

country

b)

continent

c)

region

d)

geography

9.

Which is an example of a physical region?

a)

United States

b)

Europe

c)

China

d)

Atacama Desert

10.

Places that are close to one another and have some of the same traits are in the same

a)

landform

b)

zone

c)

component

d)

region

11.

To indicate the absolute location of a place, one would refer to

a)

latitude and the Prime Meridian

b)

latitude and longitude

c)

degrees from the Equator

d)

degrees from the Prime Meridian

12.

This continent is....

a)

China

b)

Africa

c)

Russia

d)

Asia

13.

This line divides the Earth into an Eastern and Western Hemisphere.

a)

longitude

b)

latitude

c)

Equator

d)

Prime Meridian

14.

Europe is north of Africa is an example of?

a)

absolute location

b)

relative location

c)

latitudinal location

d)

longitudinal location

15.

The image shows two examples of...

a)

latitudinal location

b)

longitudinal location

c)

relative location

d)

absolute location