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WorksheetsCh. 2 Review
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
Where do most people live in Canada?
On the east coast near the water
middle of the map
in the purple area
on the west coast
What would make people consider moving to this city?
promise of a calm life style
many options for jobs and shopping
a lot of space for living
ability to drive a car from place to placecity
What kind of housing would you expect to find most often in an area with a very high population density?
houses surrounded by farm fields
small apartments in skyscrapers
individual homes spaced miles apart
larges homes with front and back yards
What do geographers call an area with one or more features that set it apart from other areas
a city
a region
a landform
a climate zone
What does an economic activity map of a country show?
where its people live
what kind of climate it has
how high its mountains are
what jobs might be available
What are coal, iron, uranium, and petroleum?
landuses
vegetation zones
natural resources
economic activities
Which term means the pattern of weather over a long period of time?
climate
density
region
vegetation
Which of the following will you find on a map that shows physical features?
businesses
landforms
population
vegetation
What type of map talks about tropical wet and dry areas
climate
vegetation
population density
economic activity
What mystery did John Snow solve in 1854 by thinking like a geographer?
how bubonic plague spread through the bites of infected fleas
how cholera spread through polluted drinking water
how diphtheria spread through direct physical contact
how tuberculosis spread through the coughs and sneezes of infected people
What could you learn from a climate map?
how much rainfall an area receives
the average temperature of an area in summer
how cold an area gets in winter
all of the above
Why do places in tropical latitudes close to the equator have hot weather year-round?
They are at a higher elevation than other parts of the world.
They get more of the heat of Earth's core because they are closer to it.
They get the most direct rays from the sun.
They are farther away from the cooling waters of the oceans.
To calculate the population density of a place, you
add the number of people to its land area.
divide the number of people by its land area.
multiply the number of people per square mile by its land area.
divide the number of people by the number of its dwellings.
What could you use to show patterns of land use?
population density map
climagraph
economic activity map
political map
One example of a thematic map that shows human geography is
a map showing the vegetation of Yosemite National Park.
a map showing the gorges, ravines, woodlands, and streams in the Finger Lakes National Forest .
a map showing the cholera deaths near the Broad Street pump in London.
a map showing the climate zones in Alaska.
A physical map may include such features as
natural resources.
economic activity.
landforms and bodies of water.
population density.
What kinds of plant is best adapted to an arid climate?
cacti
mosses
pine trees
tall grasses
More than half of the land in Africa is used for subsistence farming, in which
farmers grow only enough crops to feed their own families.
farmers must move around often to find food and water for their animals.
farmers raise crops or livestock to sell.
farms are owned by large multinational corporations.
Plains and plateaus are
landforms
bodies of water.
forms of vegetation.
types of economic activity.
What is an example of a region defined by economic activity?
the West Coast
the Corn Belt
the Rocky Mountains
all of the above
