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Into to Human Geography Review

Total questions: 34

Worksheet time: 13mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What lines measures at 0 degrees latitude?

a)

Prime Meridian

b)

Latitude

c)

Equator

d)

Longitude

2.

Which map shows the Earth's physical features with colors, patterns, and elevation?

a)

Physical Map

b)

Relational Map

c)

Political Map

d)

Special Purpose Map

3.

The red line shows the ________

a)

Prime Meridian

b)

Longitude lines

c)

Relative location

d)

Equator

4.

The red line shows the _______

a)

Equator

b)

Absolute location

c)

Prime Meridian

d)

Latitude line

5.

What type of lines are shown here?

a)

Longitude

b)

Latitude

c)

Prime Meridian

d)

Exact

6.

What lines are shown here?

a)

Latitude

b)

Longitude

c)

Equator

d)

Relative

7.

What are the two common maps?

a)

Relative and Absolute

b)

Exact and Relation

c)

Physical and Purpose

d)

Physical and Political

8.

The increasing connectedness of people and places, made possible by improving communication and transportation:

a)

human geography

b)

spatial perspective

c)

globalization

d)

human-environment interaction

9.

The visible imprint that humans leave on a landscape:

a)

natural landscape

b)

cultural landscape

10.

"Roller Coasters in the United States" is an example of a:

a)

reference map

b)

thematic map

11.

Describes a location with its exact address or latitude and longitude coordinates:

a)

absolute location

b)

relative location

12.

Geotechnology used to map and analyze spatial data:

a)

Global Positioning System (GPS)

b)

Geographic Information System (GIS)

c)

remote sensing

13.

Geotechnology used to collect data or information via airplanes, satellites, drones or other technologies:

a)

Global Positioning Systems (GPS)

b)

Geographic Information Systems (GIS)

c)

remote sensing

14.

Which of the following is NOT one of the 5 Themes of Geography?

a)

location

b)

distance

c)

human-environment interaction

d)

movement

e)

regions

15.

Which hemisphere(s) do we live in?

a)

Northern

b)

Southern

c)

Eastern

d)

Western

16.

Total number of world time zones:

a)

12

b)

24

c)

36

d)

48

17.

Time zones in contiguous U.S.:

a)

4

b)

6

c)

9

d)

12

18.

Which geotechnologies were used to make this map of ELC geocaches?

a)

GPS

b)

GIS

c)

remote sensing

19.

The most important tool of the geographer:

a)

fieldwork

b)

GPS

c)

maps

d)

textbook

20.

Cardinal directions are:

a)

North, South, East, West

b)

Northeast, Northwest, Southeast, Southwest

21.
Which of the following do geographers use to compare a variety of spatial data by creating digitized representations of the environment by combining layers of spatial data, and creating maps in which patterns and processes are superimposed?
a)
GPS
b)
GIS
c)
Scale
d)
Mental Maps
22.

True or False: A cartographer is a person who makes maps

Verdadero o falso: un cartógrafo es una persona que hace mapas

a)

True

b)

False

23.

Sailors favor the Mercator projection because it:

Los marineros prefieren la proyección de Mercator porque:

a)

Allows them to navigate without a compass

Les permite navegar sin brújula

b)

Shows the safest sea routes

Muestra las rutas marítimas más seguras

c)

Represents all landmasses with complete accuracy

Representa todas las masas terrestres con total precisión.

d)

Represents direction with complete accuracy

Representa la dirección con total precisión.

24.

No maps can represent ALL of earth's features accurately

Ningún mapa puede representar TODAS las características de la tierra con precisión

a)

True

Verdadero

b)

False

Falso

25.
A way of representing the spherical Earth on a flat surface.
a)
Map Projection
b)
Distortion
26.
The change in shape, size, or location of a place when shown on a map.
a)
Map Projection
b)
Distortion
27.
balanced distortion of size and shape
a)
Goode's Homolosine
b)
Robinson
c)
Mercator
d)
Lambert
28.
shows direction, distorts size
a)
Goode's Homolosine
b)
Robinson
c)
Mercator
d)
Lambert
29.
Which projection is this?
a)
Lambert
b)
Mercator
c)

Interrupted

d)
Robinson
30.
Which projection is this?
a)
Lambert
b)
Mercator
c)
Goode's Homolosine
d)
Robinson
31.
Which projection is this?
a)
Lambert
b)
Mercator
c)
Goode's Homolosine
d)
Robinson
32.
Which projection is this?
a)
Robinson
b)
Mercator
c)
Eckert IV
d)
Goode's Homolosine
33.
Which most accurately displays the size, shape, and location of continents and oceans?
a)
Globe
b)
Mercator Projection
c)
Goode's Homolosine
d)
Robinson
34.
Which map projection makes land near the poles seem gigantic (like Antarctica and Greenland)?
a)
Lambert
b)
Mercator
c)
Robinson
d)
Eckert IV