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Credit Recovery: Nature and Perspective

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 10mins

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Class
Date
1.

According to the surviving evidence, the first person to write the word geography was

a)

Thales of Miletus.

b)

Strabo

c)

Eratosthenes.

d)

Aristotle.

2.

Scale is

a)

the ratio of the largest to smallest areas on a map.

b)

the system used by geographers to transfer locations from a globe to a map.

c)

the relationship between the length of an object on a map and that feature on the landscape.

d)

the difference in elevation between two points in an area.

3.

The International Date Line is measured approximately from

a)

90 degrees longitude.

b)

90 degrees latitude.

c)

180 degrees longitude.

d)

0 degrees longitude.

4.

Which statement is more accurate?

a)

Every meridian is the same length and has the same beginning and end.

b)

Every parallel begins and ends at the poles.

c)

Every meridian is actually a circle rather than a curved line.

d)

Every meridian is actually a circle rather than a curved line.

5.

Which form of geography focuses on where people are, how they are alike and different, how they interact and how they change the natural world?

a)

Physical Geography

b)

Human Geography

c)

Scientific Geography

d)

Uniform Geography

6.

A young person who just got their driver's license can plug in their friends address into their phone to find the exact location or the can use the directions from Reagan which would include driving north of Sonic and two street past Hardy Oak on the left. Their friend is using

a)

time space compression to connect the two places.

b)

latitude and longitude lines to find the home.

c)

relative location to get their friend to their house.

d)

patterns on a map to locate their friends house.

7.

Physical geography includes all except

a)

glaciers and mountains

b)

climate and weather

c)

cultural landscapes

d)

natural environments

8.

The geographer that recalculated the circumference earth surface most accurately is

a)

Carl Sauer

b)

Ptolemy

c)

Idrisi

d)

George Perkins Marsh

9.

These lines run north and south on the earth.

a)

latitude

b)

longitude

c)

parallels

d)

equator

10.

_______________ is a time honored skill that has developed an incredible degree of precision and adaptability to create an accurate portrait of the earth's surface.

a)

Biomapping

b)

Climatology

c)

Morphology.

d)

Cartography