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Chapter 2: Reading Check Quiz

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 9mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which of the following is an example of qualitative data?

a)
b)
c)
d)
2.

Geographic Information Systems gather data to do all EXCEPT...

a)

Explain causes of climate change.

b)

Provide data about physical geography, demographics or events.

c)

Help geographers visualize spatial patters, such as how topography impacts economic activity.

d)

Provide real time traffic details.

3.

Which of the following are questions geographers might ask? (Check all that apply)

a)

Where should the school be located?

b)

Why did many settlements on rivers grow to become cities?

c)

Why do the majority of people migrate to urban areas?

d)

What is the purpose of possibilism?

4.

Which of the following is NOT a way that a map scale is expressed?

a)

written scale

b)

representative fraction

c)

graphically

d)

secondary

5.

Which map projection distorts shape but give a precise area?

a)

Mercator Projection

b)

Gall-Peters Projection

c)

Robinson Projection

d)

Azimuthal Projection

6.

Data does NOT provide people with identifying the details, causes, and impacts of an issue or enable them to respond in specific ways with specific resources.

a)

True

b)

False

7.

Which term does the picture BEST represent?

a)

Geographic Information System

b)

Global Positioning System

8.

Which of the following is NOT an example of a thematic map?

a)
b)
c)
d)
9.

Which map projection only shows half of the earth?

a)

Mercator Projection

b)

Gall-Peters Projection

c)

Robinson Projection

d)

Azimuthal Projection

10.

Which of the following is NOT a part of the Geo-Inquiry Process?

a)

Organizing

b)

Collecting

c)

Analyzing

d)

Creating

e)

Dismissing