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Unit 1 Vocabulary - Geography
Test Description: Culture, Geography, Economy, Government
Instructions: Answer all questions to get your test result.
1) Tells you where it is.
A
Location
B
Region
C
Place
D
Human/Environment Interaction
2) What is it like when you get there?
A
Place
B
Location
C
Human/Environment Interaction
D
Region
3) What do the people do to the environment? What does the environment do for the people?
A
Region
B
Location
C
Human/Environment Interaction
D
Place
4) People and Ideas get around
A
Movement
B
Location
C
Region
D
Place
5) What do locations have in common? Climate, Religion, Language, Education, States, Territories, Borders of the Nation
A
Location
B
Region
C
Place
D
Movement
6) a diagram on a map that shows directions such as north, south, east, and west.
A
Map Key
B
Compass Rose
C
Protractor
D
Scale
7) one of the seven largest areas of land on Earth.
A
Continent
B
Peninsula
C
Island
D
Ocean
8) 0° latitude and divides the globe into the northern hemisphere and the southern hemisphere
A
Prime Meridian
B
Equator
C
Tropic of Capricorn
D
Tropic of Cancer
9) one half of a sphere.
A
Hemisphere
B
Oval
C
Elipse
D
Antisphere
10) box or other display on a map that explains the meaning of the symbols used on the map
A
Map Key/Legend
B
Scale
C
Compass Rose
D
Equator
11) an element of a map that shows how a unit of distance on the map (such as an inch) relates to actual distance on the surface of Earth
A
Compass Rose
B
Equator
C
Scale
D
Map Key/Legend
12) location east or west of the Prime Meridian, measured by imaginary lines (meridians) numbered in degrees east or west
A
Equator
B
Prime Meridian
C
Latitude
D
Longitude
13) location north or south of the Equator, measured by imaginary lines (parallels) numbered in degrees north or south
A
Equator
B
Latitude
C
Longitude
D
Prime Meridian
14) 0° longitude, from which all other degrees of longitude are measured. Line of the global grid running from the North Pole to the South Pole
A
Arctic Circle
B
Prime Meridian
C
Equator
D
Tropic of Capricorn
15) The parallel of latitude that is 66 1/2 degrees north of the equator.
A
Tropic of Capricorn
B
Antarctic Circle
C
Tropic of Cancer
D
Arctic Circle
16) The parallel of latitude that is 23 1/2 degrees north of th equator and is the northner most latitude reached by the overhead sun.
A
Tropic of Capricorn
B
Arctic Circle
C
Tropic of Cancer
D
Prime Meridian
17) A study of the earth in all its variety – land, water, plants, and animals
A
Astronomy
B
Physics
C
Geography
D
Biology
18) one of the four major bodies of salt water that surround the continents
A
Oceans
B
Lakes
C
Ponds
D
Rivers
19) a network of horizontal and perpendicular lines (as for locating points on a map by means of coordinates)
A
Grid
B
Scale
C
Lines
D
Plots
20) the parallel of latitude that is 23 1/2 degrees north of the equator and is the northern most latitude reached by the overhead sun
A
Tropic of Capricorn
B
Tropic of Cancer
C
Antarctic Circle
D
Arctic Circle
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