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WorksheetsHuman Geography: Unit 1 - Quiz Reveiw
Total questions: 41
Worksheet time: 33mins
Billy thinks that in the south, everyone eats grits, eats fried chicken and watches football. He would be creating what type of region of the south with these ideas?
Formal
Functional
Perceptual/Vernacular
Uniform
Measuring the distance people are willing to travel to shop at a store would be creating what type of region for that store?
Formal
Perceptual/Vernacular
Functional
Uniform
According to the surviving evidence, the first person to write the word geography was
Thucydides
Eratosthenes
Strabo
Kevin Sorbo
Greenwich Mean Time is measured from
90 degrees W longitude
0 degrees latitude
0 degrees longitude
90 degrees S latitude
The acquisition of data about Earth's surface from a satellite, spacecraft, or specially equipped high-altitude balloon is
remote sensing
GIS
USFL
IPMPCW
Which of the following maps would have the largest scale?
world
continent
country
city
Lines of ________ are drawn as east and west circles on the globe and yet they measure distances north and south of the ________.
longitude, Prime Meridian
longitude, equator
latitude, Prime Meridian
latitude, equator
Which of the following maps would have the smallest scale?
world
continent
country
city
Geography is...
The study of Earth and how we, the people who live there, interact with it.
The study of Earth and its atmosphere.
The study of rocks, minerals, and all physical attributes of Earth
Equator is ...
An imaginary line going across the center of Earth that separates the eastern and western hemisphere.
A region created when the Earth is divided in half.
An imaginary line going across the center of Earth that separates the north and south hemisphere.
Prime Meridian is ...
An imaginary line going across the center of the earth that separates the eastern and western hemispheres.
An imaginary line going across the center of the earth that separates the north and south hemispheres.
An absolute location on the map.
Regions are ...
Areas of the world that have common physical, human or cultural characteristics.
An absolute location on Earth.
The physical and human characteristics of a place.
40 degrees North and 55 degrees West is an example of which theme?
Place
Location
Movement
Region
Human Environment Interaction
desert, rain forest, Marion County are all examples of which theme?
Place
Movement
Location
Region
Human Environment Interaction
Relocating from one state to another is an example of...
Place
Movement
Location
Region
H.E.I.
When you describe to someone what your community is like, you are referring to which theme of geography?
Place
Movement
Location
Region
Human Environment Interaction
How we adapt to nature around us is...
Place
Movement
Location
Region
Human Environment Interaction
The map below shows four major time zones of the United States. The dashed lines represent meridians of longitude. The locations of New York City and Denver are shown.
What is the time in New York City when it is noon in Denver?
10 am
2 pm
3 pm
noon
The map below shows a portion of Earth's system of latitude and longitude and five surface locations labeled A, B, C, D, and X.
At which location will noon next occur?
A
B
C
D
What geographic tool uses at least four satellites to provide locations on the Earth?
globe
map
satellite imagery
GPS
Computer system to capture, store & display geographic data
GPS
Remote Sensing
Projection
GIS
Greenwich Mean Time equals...
the prime meridian, 0° latitude
the prime meridian, 0° longitude
the equator, 0° longitude
the equator, 0° latitude
Which map represents Mercator Projection?
Which map represents Robinson Projection?
Which map represents Gall-Peters Projection?
Which map represents Dot Distribution?
Which map represents Isoline map?
Which map represents Choropleth map?
Which map represents Graduated Symbol map?
