Unit 1 Test Review

Question 1

geographers tools

Answer 1

maps and globes, notebooks and tape recorders, satellite images

Question 2

Questions a geographer might ask at the local level.

Answer 2

How do people in a town or community live?

Question 3

What is absolute location?

Answer 3

exactly where something is located (street address, longitude/latitude)

Question 4

Scientific question a geographer may ask.

Answer 4

What caused the Appalachian Mountains to form?

Question 5

Physical characteristics

Answer 5

physical landforms :mountains, rivers, lakes

Question 6

parts of the environment

Answer 6

land, water, climate, plants, and animals

Question 7

Questions about why rivers flow in a certain direction are part of….

Answer 7

physical geography

Question 8

Surveying types of fish in a lake

Answer 8

physical geography

Question 9

Urban geography

Answer 9

the study of cities and how people live in them

Question 10

global level

Answer 10

how event and ideas from one region affect people in other regions

Question 11

drought

Answer 11

the result of water shortages

Question 12

causes erosion

Answer 12

glaciers

Question 13

earthquakes are caused by plates

Answer 13

grinding together

Question 14

what happens when an environment changes?

Answer 14

habitats are often destroyed

Question 15

average weather conditions over a long period

Answer 15

climate

Question 16

What kinds of trees are present in a mixed forest?

Answer 16

coniferous and deciduous

Question 17

geothermal energy

Answer 17

heat within the earth

Question 18

Who makes all the decisions in a communist economy?

Answer 18

government