WorksheetsUnit 1 Review
Total questions: 51
Worksheet time: 33mins
The study of natural features or processes on Earth is known as _____________
Environmental Geography
Animal Geography
Intangible Geography
Physical Geography
Things related to the creation of human boundaries, divisions, and governments of countries are known as ___________
Economics
Political
Sociological
Psychological
The study of how human activity affects or is influenced by the Earth (includes: cultural, economic, political, and other human activities on Earth)
Human Economics
Human Sociology
Human Cartography
Human Geography
The study of the physical and human features on Earth is ______________
Geology
Geography
Geolocation
Geothermal
__________________ :Relating to a physical space or place on earth
Special
Projection
Spatial
Longitudinal
This element of a map shows how a unit of distance on the map relates to actual distance on the surface of the Earth.
Map Orientation
Map Scale
Map Legend
Map Title
____________________ is a way of representing the spherical, round Earth onto a flat surface
Map Orientation
Map Title
Map Scale
Map Projection
_________________ is the distance in degrees measured north and south from the equator (horizontal lines)
Longitude
Latitude
Attitude
Largitude
__________________ is the distance in degrees measured east or west from the prime meridian (vertical lines aka meridians)
Largitude
Attitude
Longitude
Latitude
The ___________________________ is at 0 degrees; the starting line from which longitude is measured
Tropic of Cancer
Tropic of Capricorn
Prime Meridian
Equator
country borders, state borders, capital cities, etc.
According to the map, what Russian city is located at 60° N latitude/ 30° E longitude?
Moscow
Novgorod
Rostov
St. Petersburg
Which of the following questions can be answered by this map?
In what general location is most of the manufacturing located in the United States?
Why is Hawaii a series of islands in the Pacific Ocean?
In what kind of soil does commercial farming work best?
How is trade accomplished between Canada and the United States?
Which of the following is a term used for a mapmaker?
Biographer
cartographer
oceanographer
mapographer
Which question is a geographer likely able to answer from reading a map regarding the location of interstate highways?
How tall is it?
Why is it there?
When was it constructed
What effects does it have on the environment?
Professional geographers pose specific questions when studying features of Earth. One important geographic question is “What is significant about its location?”
One likely way geographers answer the question above is by -
tracking changes of the moon and stars
studying the history and economy of a local culture
investigating possible treatments for a medical illness
debating government officials about new environmental policies
Professional geographers pose specific questions when studying features of Earth. One important geographic question is “Where is it located?”
One likely way geographers answer the question above is by —
interviewing members of remote tribes
excavating artifacts left by previous societies
predicting the weather with computer models
using an intersection of longitude and latitude
Which physical geographic region is located at 0° latitude and 60°W longitude?
Equator in South America
High latitudes in North America
Equator in Africa
Middle latitudes in Europe
Which country’s national capital is located near 40°N and 75°W?
Canada
India
Chile
United States
Which set of coordinates is the absolute location of H?
15°S, 100°W
15°S, 75°E
45°S, 75°W
15°N, 100°W
What is the relative location of B from D?
southwest
southeast
northwest
northeast
In what region is New York?
Midwest
Southwest
Northeast
West
Hemisphere is ...
The study of the earth and how we, the people who live there, interact with it.
A region created when the Earth is divided in half.
An imaginary line going across the center of the 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.
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.
An example of an absolute location would be.........
37.02 degrees N, 93.20 degrees W
United States of America
The South
An example of relative location would be............
37.02 degrees N, 96.2 degrees W
10 miles south of Springfield on HWY 65
Paris, France
What part of the map is used to tell what the symbols and pictures mean?
scale
grid
map legend
title
What are the cardinal directions?
left, right, up, down
north, south, east, left
south, north, east, west
west, left, south, right
The intermediate directions are _______.
north, east, south, west
northeast, southeast, northwest, southwest
northern, eastern, southern, western
What type of map is this?
climate map
economic resource map
physical map
political map
topographic map
What type of map is this?
climate map
economic resource map
physical map
political map
topographic map
Some factories that burn coal produce smoke with harmful chemicals, such as sulfur. Scrubbers are devices that are attached to the smokestacks to reduce the amount of sulfur put into the atmosphere. To evaluate the effectiveness of these devices, what data would need to be collected?
The average amount of sulfur in a certain amount of coal
The amount of coal a factory burns each year and how much sulfur it emits (produces)
The increase in the use of scrubbers by factories that burn coal
The amount of sulfur emitted (produced) by a smokestack before and after the scrubber is attached
Ths graph presents data from a city showing the amount of land used to bury solid waste each year. From 1990 to 1999, the amount of space needed to bury waste increased by 1 to 2 square kilometers per year. In the year 2000, the city started a recycling program to slow the increase of land needed for this burying this solid waste. The city claims that since this recycling program started, the amount of land needed for burying solid waste has decreased.
Which evidence would support this claim?
Data showing that by the year 2010, more than 40% of the citizens were participating in the recycling program
Data showing that the land used for burying solid waste in 2010 was less than 22 square kilometers
Data showing that by the year 2010, there was five times more solid waste being buried than being recycled
Data showing that the land used to build a recycling facility is greater than the amount of land used to bury solid waste
The _____________ the human population, the ______________ the amount of resources being used.
greater, greater
greater, least
least, greater
least, least
