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WorksheetsExam 1 Geography
Total questions: 21
Worksheet time: 12mins
The word geography comes from ...
Latin
Greek
Spanish
None of the above
What does geography mean?
Science that studies the characteristics of the earth
The study of the earth and living things
Earth description
What nationality was Eratosthenes of Cyrene?
English
Roman
Spanish
Greek
What nationality was Strabo?
Roman
Spanish
Greek
English
Who is considered the father of Geography?
Aristoteles
Von Humboldt
Ptolemy
Carl Ritter
Emmanuel D’Martone defined Geography as...
(a)
Who was the character that established geography as a multidisciplinary science?
Von Humboldt
Friedrich Ratzel
D’Martone
Marco Polo
What does ecology study?
Nature
All living beings and their relationship with the environment
The relationship between humans and environment
This definition: "The one that has been created or changed by the people, in order to adapt it to their needs".
corresponds to ...
Natural landscape
Cultural landscape
To explain why, how and when the Earth's phenomena or events occur, geography needs a
Studies
Cartography
Methodological Principles
Astronomy
To obtain the exact location of a place you need to know ...
How to use the gps
Meridians and parallels
Longitude, latitude and altitude
How to read a map
It is the angular measure from 0° to 90°
Latitude
Longitude
Altitude
It´s express in meters
Longitude
Altitude
Latitude
All of the above
True or false...
Location, Causality, Relation ... are part of the Methodological Principles of Geography
True
False
Put the correct name...
North Pole, Arctic Pole, Tropic of Cancer, Equator, Tropic of Capricorn, Antartic Circule, South Pole
Arctic Pole, Equator, North Pole, Tropic of Cancer, , Tropic of Capricorn, Antartic Circule, South Pole
What does Cartography mean?
(a)
What is a Map?
(a)
It is the graphical representation of the cardinal directions and it helps to orientate the user while reading the map.
Legend
Scale
Compass rose
They are useful to represent the infrastructure built up by humans such as highways, dams, railroads, etc.
Historical maps
Human maps
Physical maps
Topographical map
What is a projections map?
The imaginary line that runs horizontally, dividing the planet into two hemispheres, North, and South
It is a way to visualize the geographical phenomena and events that the Earth’s surface presents.
Are plain representations that show an Earth’s portion and address the general aspects of the area through symbols.
Is a representation of Earth´s spherical surface on a plane.
These are cylindrical projections, in which meridians and parallels form equal rectangles or squares
Goode Homolosine
Molloweide
Equidistant
Azimuthal equial area
Conical Proyection
