M/C
Geographers look at the world
a. by studying cities first
b. at the local, regional, and global levels
B. at the local, regional, and global levels
Which of the following questions might a geographer studying at a local level ask?
c. How do people in a town or community live?
d. What features make up a physical region?
c. How do people in a town or community live?
________ and other tools help geographers study the planet.
(Maps/Landscapes)
Maps
Geography is both a science and social science.
True/False
True
Geography is considered a social science because it
a. deals with people and how they live
b. can be studied using numbers
a. deals with people and how they live
A geographer's tools include
a. maps and globes
b. satellite images
c. notebooks and tape recorders
d. all of the above
d. all of the above
Globes can show
c. the world as it really is
d. more information than maps
c. the world as it really is
Geographers who study the world on a _________ level try to find relationships among people who live far apart.
(regional/global)
global
Geographers divide the world into two regions based on latitude and longitude.
True/False
False
a. full color and infrared
b. true color and infrared
b. true color and infrared
Which of the following is an essential element of geography?
a. use of geography
b. latitude
a. use of geography
Which of the following is not one of the five themes of geography?
c. place
d. environment
d. environment
The information gathered by _______________ helps geographers make accurate maps.
(tape recorders/satellites)
satellites
Showing the round Earth on flat maps will distort some details.
True/False
True
The study of weather and its causes is
c. meteorology
d. cartography
c. meteorology
The two main branches of geography are
c. the study of water and the study of landforms
d. physical geography and human geography
d. physical geography and human geography
Your street address describes
a. absolute location
b. relative location
a. absolute location
The __________________ is a list of 18 basic ideas that everybody should understand about geography.
(national geography standards/themes of geography)
national geography standards
There are no similarities between the five themes and six essential elements of geography.
True/False
False
Which theme of geography describes features that make a site unique?
c. place
d. location
c. place
A social science is a field that studies people and
a. geography
b. their relationships
b. their relationships
Which of the following would a human geographer study?
c. weather climate
d. economics and politics
d. economics and politics
Other branches of geography, such as ____________, examine certain aspects of the physical and human worlds.
(technology/hydrology)
hydrology
Landforms, bodies of water, and the foods people eat are all aspects of human geography.
True/False
False
Which theme of geography best describes what the picture shows?
c. regions
d. human-environment interaction