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Ch. 1 The Geographer’s Toolbox Review

Total questions: 28

Worksheet time: 17mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is the Global Positioning System?

a)

A) A satellite system used to find absolute location

b)

B) A similarity between places

c)

C) The center line of latitude

d)

D) A mapmaker.

2.

Which of the following is a similarity between places?

a)

A) Geographic pattern

b)

B) Absolute location

c)

C) Prime meridian

d)

D) Hemisphere

3.

What is the study of the Earth's surface and the people who live there called?

a)

Geography

b)

Elevation

c)

Projection

d)

Longitude

4.

Which line divides the Western Hemisphere from the Eastern Hemisphere and sits at 0° longitude?

a)

Equator

b)

Prime Meridian

c)

Tropic of Cancer

d)

Tropic of Capricorn

5.

What is another name for lines of latitude?

a)

Meridians

b)

Parallels

c)

Equators

d)

Tropics

6.

Which direction is opposite to Northeast?

a)

Southwest

b)

Northwest

c)

Southeast

d)

West

7.

Which continent is located at 30°N, 90°E?

a)

Africa

b)

Asia

c)

Europe

d)

Australia

8.

Which continent is located at 30S°, 60°W?

a)

Africa

b)

South America

c)

Europe

d)

Australia

9.

Which ocean is located at 30N°, 30°W?

a)

Arctic

b)

Pacific

c)

Atlantic

d)

Southern

10.

Which ocean is located at 10S°, 60°E?

a)

Indian

b)

Pacific

c)

Atlantic

d)

Southern

11.

What is the best example of human-environment interaction?

a)

Moving strawberries from the farm to Walmart to sell

b)

cutting down trees to build a Walmart

c)

the Oncue to next to the Walmart

d)

Edmond has several Walmarts

12.

How do cartographers show elevation?

a)

color

b)

compass rose

c)

labels

d)

locator globe

13.

France is North of Spain.

a)

Location

b)

Place

c)

Human-Environment Interaction

d)

Movement

e)

Regions

14.

Soweto, South Africa is located at 26ºS, 27ºE.

a)

Location

b)

Place

c)

Human-Environment Interaction

d)

Movement

e)

Regions

15.

The average life expectancy in Italy is 77 years old.

a)

Location

b)

Place

c)

Human-Environment Interaction

d)

Movement

e)

Regions

16.

Which of the following is the best representation of earth?

a)

Mercator Projection

b)

Robinson Projection

c)

Globe

d)

Homolosine Projection

17.

What measures the distance north and south of the equator?

a)

Equator

b)

Lines of Latitude

c)

Prime Meridian

d)

Lines of Longitude

18.
Which of the following divides Earth into Northern and Southern Hemispheres?
a)
Prime Meridian
b)
International Date Line
c)
Equator
d)
Tropic of Capricorn
19.
Carlos does not understand what the blue lines on his map represent. What should he look at to find the answer?
a)

map legend (key)

b)

scale

c)
compass rose
d)
map title
20.

The imaginary lines on a map that run east to west (horizontally).

a)
Longitude
b)

North Pole

c)
Prime Meridian
d)
Latitude
21.
The map feature that indicates north, south, east, and west is the _______________________________.
a)
map key
b)
scale
c)
compass rose
d)
map title
22.

The starting point for measuring longitude and divides the Earth into the eastern and western hemisphere.

a)
Prime Meridian
b)
Latitude
c)
Equator
d)
Longitude
23.

Which type of map would show the boundaries of countries?

a)

political map

b)

general-purpose map

c)

land-use map

d)

elevation map

24.

What theme of geography explains the spread of religions around the world?

a)

location

b)

movement

c)

region

d)

Place

25.

What map element would you use to figure out the distance from one city to another?

a)

Legend

b)

compass rose

c)

scale

d)

locator globe

26.

What is the main difficulty with map projections?

a)

They all contain some distortion.

b)

They show only land, not water.

c)

They make maps too large to carry.

d)

they have no room for grid lines

27.

What two hemispheres do we live in?

a)

northern and eastern

b)

northern and western

c)

southern and eastern

d)

southern and western

28.

We are emphasizing Nehemiah 8:10 in class this year. This verse says, The ___________ of the Lord is your strength?

a)

power

b)

love

c)

peace

d)

joy