Unit 1 quiz

Question 1

What are the key themes of geography.

Answer 1

Loaction, place, Region, Movement, human - environmental interaction.

Question 2

Location

Answer 2

Where it is

Question 3

Place

Answer 3

What it is like

Question 4

region

Answer 4

How places are similar or different

Question 5

Movement

Answer 5

How people, goods, and ideas move from location to another

Question 6

Human - environmental interaction

Answer 6

How people relate to the physical world

Question 7

scale

Answer 7

the amount of detail shown on a map

Question 8

large scale

Answer 8

zoomed in

Question 9

small scale

Answer 9

zoomed out

Question 10

Absolute location

Answer 10

uses specific coordinates to pinpoint a loaction

Question 11

compass rose

Answer 11

A directional indicator (identifies map orientation)

Question 12

relative location

Answer 12

describes the spatial relationships between places

Question 13

Lines of Latitude

Answer 13

measures degrees north or south of the equator. Also called parallels

Question 14

Map distortion

Answer 14

a change in shape, size, or position due to the difficulties in representing a round world on a flat map.

Question 15

Lines of longitude

Answer 15

measures degrees East or West of the Prime meridian. Also called meridians

Question 16

What are the different types of map projection

Answer 16

mercator, Robinson, and polar

Question 17

mercator

Answer 17

flat square map with straight longitude and latitude lines (usally used for ship navigation)

Question 18

Robinson

Answer 18

Oval map with curved longitude and latitude lines (usally used in classrooms)

Question 19

polar

Answer 19

cicular map looking from the bottom and top of the earth (used by airline pilots)

Question 20

Contour maps

Answer 20

maps that show levels of elevation

Question 21

Thematic maps

Answer 21

maps that focus on a particuler topic/theme