Geography Skills: General Knowledge

Question 1

What Are Latitude Lines?

Answer 1

Latitude are the flat lines they go around the globe at intervals measured by degrees

Question 2

What are longitude lines?

Answer 2

longitude lines are the lines that go longways down the earth that go east and west measured in degrees

Question 3

What are the primary directions?

Answer 3

North and South

Question 4

What Are Bearings?

Answer 4

provides a direction given as the primary compass direction (north or south), degree of angle, and an east or west?

Question 5

What does B.O.L.T.S stand for?

Answer 5

B - BORDER
O - Orientation
L - Legend
T - Title
S - Scale

Question 6

Why do we use BOLTS?

Answer 6

As a guide to draw a map

Question 7

What is the Prime Meridian?

Answer 7

The prime meridian allows us to have a left half and a right half of the earth based of the middle of the globe going vertically

Question 8

What is a written Scale

Answer 8

A written scale is a numeric ratio, eg. 1:100,000

Question 9

What are the different types of communities

Answer 9

• Metropolitan
• Urban
• Regional
• Rural
• Remote

Question 10

Define Metropolitan?

Answer 10

CBD/Skyscrapers and highly populated areas

Question 11

Define Urban?

Answer 11

Suburbs and big city’s

Question 12

Define Rural?

Answer 12

Small Towns E.G Uralla

Question 13

Define Remote?

Answer 13

Not near any infrastructure

Question 14

Define Synoptic Charts?

Answer 14

Synoptic Charts a visual representation of weather