Intro to World Cultures and Geography Unit 1 Maps
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What is an example of absolute location?
A."northwest of Boston, Massachusetts"
B."near the prime meridian"
C."on the border between Pakistan and India"
D."40 degrees south latitude, 20 degrees west - D."40 degrees south latitude, 20 degrees west longitude"
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On a map, a line that runs parallel to the equator is a line of?
A. latitude
B. projection
C. location
D. longitude - A. latitude
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Which term refers to a group of places that have features in common?
A. location
B. adaptation
C. region
D. movement - C. region
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Which is an example of a natural region?
A. city
B. tundra
C. region
d. movement - B. tundra
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An example of a thematic map is a map of?
A. roads in Paris
B. a body of water
C. the populations of Europe
D. towns and cities of Brazil - C. the populations of Europe
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A cartographer is someone who?
A. studies animal life
B. analyzes migration
C. removes natural barries
D. makes maps - D. makes maps
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Which geographical theme focuses on cultural adaptations to natural resources?
A. location
B. human - environment interation
C. place
D. region - B. human - environment interation
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How is a globe different from a map?
A. It is more distorted
B. Its is easier to carry and use
C. It has only two dimensions
D. It is a more accurate model of the world - D. It is a more accurate
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Two major landforms characterize Europe.
A. the Northen European Plain and the Causcasus Mountains.
B. The Dinaric Alps and the Balkans
C. The Northern European Plain and the European Highlands.
D. The caspian Sea and Lake Ladoga - C. The Northern European Plain and the European Highlands.
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Europe forms a huge peninsula extending west from northen Asia. It is bordered to the west by the?
A. Ural Mountains
B. Mediterranean Sea
C. Atlantic Ocean
D. Arctic Ocean - C. Atlantic Ocean
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Technological developments such as air conditionaing increased the populations of previously uninhabitable areas such as deserts. This shows the idea of
A. location
B. human environment interaction
C. region
D. movement - D. movement
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When geographers speak of "movement," they are referring to which of the following?
A. Movement of the air from climate to climate
B. flow of ocean currents around the world
C. transport of goods, people and ideas from place to p - C. transport of goods, people and ideas from place to place
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When geographers group several European countries together in a region, it is because of which of the following?
A. The climate is different
B. They share some common feature
C. they are interdependent
D. They have a highly skilled la - B. They share some common feature
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The prime meridian runs near which of the following European capitols?
A. Stockholm
B. London
C. Moscow
D. Warsaw - B. London
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The movement of ideas is different today then log ago beacuse?
A. The movement is solwer today
B. the movement is faster today
C. there is no movement today
D. there is no difference - B. the movement is faster today
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Where is Italy located?
A. in the Northen and Eastern Hemispheres
B. in the Northen and Western Hemispheres
C. in the Southern and Eastern Hemispheres
D. in the Southern and Western Hemispheres - A. in the Northen and Eastern Hemispheres
- What is Geography?
- Geograpy is the study of people, places, and the environment.
- What are the five themes of Geography?
- location, region, place, movement, and human environment interaction
- Social studies is an unbrella term. What five areas of stury does it cover?
- It covers history, geography, economics, government, and culture.
- What is the equator?
- The equator is the name of the line that circles the earth at 0 degrees latitude. It divides the globe into North and South hemispheres.
- What is the prime meridian?
- The prime meridian is a longitude line that runs from the North Pole to the South Pole through Greenwich, England. it marks 0 degree longitude.
- What is the purpose of the prime meridian line?
- The prime or first meridian line is the starting line for distances messured in degress east and west of it.
- What is the difference between absolute and relative location?
- The location of one place in relation to the other place is called relative loction while the absolute location is the exact spot on the earth were a place is found.
- What is climate?
- Climate is the typical weather of a region over a long time. It includes the temperature, wind and percipitation or moisture of a region.
- what is the meaning of migrate
- To migrate is to move form one area in order to settle in another.
- what is the meaning of cartographer
- A cartographer is a person who makes maps.
- what is the meaning of thematic map
- A thematic map is a map that focuses on a specific idea or theme.
- what is the meaning of adaptation
- Adaptation or change due to the effects of natural resources, the environment or other physical processes that can cause a place or thing to change over time.
- what is the meaning of map projection
- Map projection is one of the different ways of showing Earth's curved surface on a flat map.
- what is the meaning of region
- A region is a group of places that have physical features or human characteristices or both in common. Such as language, land formation, unique combination of plants, animals, climate.