Map It Out
Which type of map shows country borders, cities, and capital cities?
Political map
What type of location uses latitude and longitude to identify an exact position?
Absolute location
What geographic feature is a large area of mostly flat land that can support farming and transportation?
A plain
Which theme of geography asks, “Where is it?”
Location
Which era is associated with hunter-gatherers who generally moved from place to place?
Paleolithic Era
A traveler wants to identify roads connecting two cities. Which type of map would be most useful?
Road map
“The library is across the street from the school.” Is this absolute or relative location? Explain.
Relative location
- states the location based on relation to the school (another place)
A community depends on a river for survival Name ONE possible benefit and ONE possible danger of living near it.
Benefit: water, fertile soil, farming, or transportation
Danger: flooding, damage to homes, or destruction of crops
A geographer describes a city’s skyscrapers, subway system, climate, and nearby rivers. Which theme focuses on these physical and human characteristics?
Place
The development of agriculture and permanent settlements is most closely associated with which era?
Neolithic Era
A map uses different colors to show which parts of the world produce the most wheat. What type of map is this?
A thematic map; it shows a specific topic or pattern
New York, California, and Florida are all in the United States, but they are usually placed in different U.S. regions. What makes a region different from a single location?
A region is an area grouped by shared characteristics, while a location identifies where a place is.
What imaginary line is measured in N and S?
Latitude (runs horizontally)
People build irrigation systems to bring water to dry farmland. Which theme of geography does this demonstrate?
human-environment interaction
Which date came first: 300 BCE or 200 BCE?
300 BCE, because BCE dates count down toward 1 BCE.
A student sees a symbol on a map but cannot tell whether it represents a city, a mountain, or a resource. Which map element should the student consult, and what additional element might help identify the location?
The legend/key explains the symbol; labels can help identify the location.
Two places share a tropical climate and similar types of vegetation, but they are on different continents. Could they belong to the same geographic region? Explain.
Yes. Regions can be grouped by shared characteristics, not only by being next to one another.
What ocean lies south east of Africa?
Indian Ocean
What are the four main regions the United States is divided into?
West, South, Midwest, Northeast
Put these dates in chronological order from earliest to latest: 500 BCE, 100 BCE, 100 CE, 500 CE.
500 BCE → 100 BCE → 100 CE → 500 CE
A historian wants to study ancient settlements developed near rivers and fertile land. Explain which TWO types of maps would be useful.
A physical map to locate rivers and landforms
A political map (if available) to locate settlements.
[A thematic map showing fertile land or resources]
[A topographical map]
Middle East
Prime Meridian = 0°
The theme of Place is divided into two main types of characteristics that help describe an area. What are they?
Physical characteristics and human characteristics.
Physical Characteristics: Natural features of a place, such as mountains, rivers, climate, plants, and animals.
Human Characteristics: Features created or shaped by people, such as buildings, language, religion, food, transportation, and political systems.
10th century
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