Overview Test 2 Terms

Question 1

History

Answer 1

the study of past events, particularly in human affairs.

Question 2

Economics

Answer 2

the branch of knowledge concerned with the production, consumption, and transfer of wealth.

Question 3

Geography

Answer 3

the study of the physical features of the earth and its atmosphere, and of human activity as it affects and is affected by these, including the distribution of populations and resources, land use, and industries.

Question 4

Government

Answer 4

the governing body of a nation, state, or community.

Question 5

Citizenship

Answer 5

the fact or status of being a citizen of a particular place

Question 6

Intermediate

Answer 6

coming between two things in time, place, order, character, etc.

Question 7

Cardinal

Answer 7

of the greatest importance; fundamental.

Question 8

Culture

Answer 8

the arts and other manifestations of human intellectual achievement regarded collectively.

Question 9

Equator

Answer 9

an imaginary line drawn around the earth equally distant from both poles, dividing the earth into northern and southern hemispheres and constituting the parallel of latitude 0°.

Question 10

Latitude

Answer 10

the angular distance of a place north or south of the earth’s equator

Question 11

Longitude

Answer 11

the angular distance of a place east or west of the meridian at Greenwich, England, or west of the standard meridian of a celestial object, usually expressed in degrees and minutes.

Question 12

Prime Meridian

Answer 12

a planet’s meridian adopted as the zero of longitude.

Question 13

Tropic of Cancer/Capricorn

Answer 13

Its Southern Hemisphere counterpart, marking the most southerly position at which the Sun can be directly overhead, is the Tropic of Capricorn. These tropics are two of the five major circles of latitude that mark maps of the Earth, besides the Arctic and Antarctic Circles and the Equator.

Question 14

International Date Line

Answer 14

imaginary line that goes north and south through the Pacific Ocean, one day is on the east side of the line and the following day is on the west side.

Question 15

Map Use

Answer 15

Different ways to show places by adding textures or colors

Question 16

ArticandAntarcticCircles

Answer 16

Imaginary circle around the Earth about three-quarters of the way from the equator to the North Pole. North of this line is the “Land of the Midnight Sun,” where the sun never sets on the summer solstice. Note: The Arctic Circle corresponds to the Antarctic Circle in the Southern Hemisphere

Question 17

Physical

Answer 17

of or relating to the body as opposed to the mind

Question 18

Political

Answer 18

of or relating to the government or the public affairs of a country.

Question 19

Cartogram

Answer 19

a map on which statistical information is shown in diagrammatic form.

Question 20

Thematic Map

Answer 20

type of map especially designed to show a particular theme connected with a specific geographic area. These maps can portray physical, social, political culture economic, sociological, agricultural, or any other aspects of a city, state, region, nation, or continent

Question 21

Qualitative

Answer 21

relating to, measuring, or measured by the quality of something rather than its quantity.

Question 22

Cloropleth Map

Answer 22

is a thematic map in which areas are shaded or patterned in proportion to the measurement of the statistical variable being displayed on the map, such as population density

Question 23

Absolute Loation

Answer 23

however, is a term with little real meaning, since any location must be expressed relative to something else. For example, longitude is the number of degrees east or west of the Prime Meridian, a line arbitrarily chosen to pass through Greenwich, London.

Question 24

Relative Location

Answer 24

Relative location is a location stated in terms of its distance and direction from another location. It contrasts with absolute location, or location based on a general coordinate system. Relative location is by far the most common way of locating places and things in casual use.

Question 25

Flow Line

Answer 25

used on a drilling rig, is a large diameter pipe (typically a section of casing) that is connected to the bell nipple (under the drill floor) and extends to the possum belly (on the mud tanks) and acts as a return line, (for the drilling fluid as it comes out of the hole), to the mud tanks.