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Glencoe Ch 1 Voc

Total questions: 14

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

A (a)   region is a central place and the surrounding area linked to it.

2.

Exact location a place is found on the globe.

a)

space

b)

grid system

c)

relative location

d)

absolute location

3.

A (a)   region is defined by popular feelings and images rather than by objective data.

4.

A (a)   region is defined by a common characteristic, such as a product produced there.

5.

What is the study of interrelationship between people and their physical environment?

a)

movement

b)

human-environment interaction

c)

ecosphere

d)

biosphere

6.

What is a community of plants and animals that depend upon one another, and their surroundings, for survival?

a)

village

b)

ecosphere

c)

biosphere

d)

settlement

7.

A (a)   divides the world into two halves.

8.

A pattern that is created by the intersecting of the Equator, Prime Meridan, and other lines of longitude and latitude.

a)

region

b)

physical system

c)

relative location

d)

grid system

9.

A (a)   is an area united by specific factors such as soil type, climate, river systems, or vegetation.

10.

Study of the earth's physical features.

a)

meteorology

b)

physical geography

c)

human geography

d)

cartography

11.

Study of human activities and their relationship to cultural and physical environments.

a)

meteorology

b)

cartography

c)

physical geography

d)

human geography

12.

(a)   involves studying and making maps.

13.

Computer tools that process and organize data and satellite images with other pieces of information.

a)

Global positioning system

b)

Statistical analysis system

c)

Geographic information system

d)

Geographic data system

14.

study of weather and weather forecasting

a)

weather analysis system

b)

cartography

c)

meteorology

d)

human environmental system