What is the description of where something is located on a map?
Location
100
What is an example of a region?
a. California
b. Appalachia
c. Australia
d. Stanford
b. Appalachia
100
Which of the following is not one of the 5 themes of geography?
a. climate
b. region
c. location
d. movement
a. climate
100
What are the two hemispheres in which we live?
Northern & Western
100
What is the difference between a map and a globe?
A globe is a sphere and a map is flat.
200
What is the features that make a site or location unique?
Place
200
Which of the following is NOT a feature used to describe a place?
a. land
b. location on a map
c. climate
d. people
b. location on a map
200
Which are the four cardinal directions?
North, South, East, West
200
What is an example of absolute location?
a. Main Street
b. 304 West Maple Avenue
c. Near Subway
d. 2 miles past the high school
B. 304 West Maple Avenue
200
What is a physical map?
Shows natural land-forms and waterways on earth's surface.
300
What is how people interact with their environment?
Human Environment Interaction
300
Which of the following is an example of HEI?
a. clearing forests to plant crops
b. building dams to prevent flooding
c. Both A & B
d. Neither A or B
c. Both A & B
300
What is the study of the world, its people, and the landscapes they create?
Geography
300
What is an example of relative location?
a. Lexington, KY
b. South of Ohio
c. 104 East Main Street
d. 28.4158 N, 81.2989 W
b. South of Ohio
300
What is a political map?
Human-made features and boundaries such as cities, highways, and countries.
400
What is the act of moving from one location to another?
Movement
400
Which of the following is a reason people move?
a. be closer to family
b. religious freedom
c. better jobs
d. all of the above
d. all of the above
400
What are lines of latitude called?
Parallels
400
The Equator is at 0 degrees _____________.
a. Longitude
b. Latitude
c. Both
d. Neither
b. Latitude
400
What can be used to help measure distance on a map?
Scale
500
What is parts of the world that share common characteristics?
Region
500
Which of the following is an example of absolute location?
a. across from the football field
b. on the corner next to the red barn
c. 1600 Pennsylvania Ave., Washington, DC
d. Down the road from Wal-Mart