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Geography - Unit 1 Vocab

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The study of the physical and human features on Earth is ______________

a)

Geology

b)

Geography

c)

Geolocation

d)

Geothermal

2.

a half of the earth, usually as divided into northern and southern halves by the equator, or into western and eastern halves by the prime meridian

a)

Halfisphere

b)

Human Sociology

c)

Human Cartography

d)

Human Geography

3.

The beliefs, customs, and behaviors of a particular group are a part of ___________________

a)

Culture

b)

Geography

c)

Psychology

d)

Economics

4.

Actions that relate to buying and selling goods to meet peoples’ needs and wants could be referred to as ______________

a)

Ergonomics

b)

Business Studies

c)

Economics

d)

Personal Finance

5.

Things related to the creation of human boundaries, divisions, and governments of countries are known as ___________

a)

Economics

b)

Political

c)

Sociological

d)

Psychological

6.

The study of natural features or processes on Earth is known as _____________

a)

Environmental Geography

b)

Animal Geography

c)

Intangible Geography

d)

Physical Geography

7.

The study of interactions between humans and the natural world is known as _____________

a)

Environmental Geography

b)

Animal Geography

c)

Intangible Geography

d)

Physical Geography

8.

__________________ :Relating to a physical space or place on earth

a)

Special

b)

Projection

c)

Spatial

d)

Longitudinal

9.

__________________ : the arrangement of items over a specified area

a)

Spread

b)

Distribution

c)

Allocation

d)

Appropriation

10.

This element of a map shows how a unit of distance on the map relates to actual distance on the surface of the Earth.

a)

Map Orientation

b)

Map Scale

c)

Map Legend

d)

Map Title

11.

____________________ is a way of representing the spherical, round Earth onto a flat surface

a)

Map Orientation

b)

Map Title

c)

Map Scale

d)

Map Projection

12.

A _____________________ map shows differences between areas by using colors or shading to represent different categories (ex: snowfall)

a)

Chloroform

b)

Choropleth

c)

Chloroplast

d)

Chlorophyll

13.

_________________ is the distance in degrees measured north and south from the equator (horizontal lines)

a)

Longitude

b)

Latitude

c)

Attitude

d)

Largitude

14.

__________________ is the distance in degrees measured east or west from the prime meridian (vertical lines aka meridians)

a)

Largitude

b)

Attitude

c)

Longitude

d)

Latitude

15.

The ___________________________ is at 0 degrees; the starting line from which longitude is measured

a)

Tropic of Cancer

b)

Tropic of Capricorn

c)

Prime Meridian

d)

Equator