Unit 1 Questions

Question 1

The more power and input citizens have in governing of a country, the more ___ it is, while the more authority the leader has, the more ___ the government is

Answer 1

democratic; authoritarian

Question 2

The ___ map projection presevers the shape of things.

Answer 2

Mercator

Question 3

The ___ map projections preserves the size of things.

Answer 3

Robinson

Question 4

lines of latitude run

Answer 4

east to west

Question 5

What are the two branches of geography?

Answer 5

physical geography and human geography

Question 6

a system which relies on the government to make economic decisions

Answer 6

socialism

Question 7

___ gives information about a location based on relation to another place. ___ uses latittude and longitude to give the exact location of a place.

Answer 7

Relative location; absolute location

Question 8

lines of longitude run

Answer 8

north to south

Question 9

The ___ is the line of longitude that divides the earth into Eastern and Western Hemispheres

Answer 9

Prime Meridian

Question 10

a system that allows individuals to make economic decisions

Answer 10

capitalism

Question 11

The shortest day and longest night of the year is called the ___.

Answer 11

Winter Solstice

Question 12

The ___ is the line of latitude that divides the earth into Northern and Southern Hemispheres.

Answer 12

Equator