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Core Concept 1 Test Part 1 Map Skills. TEACHERS: click here for quick copy question ID numbers.

The distance north or south of the equator is called_________.
a) degrees
b) longitude
c) latitude
d) prime meridian

What describes a place’s exact position of Earth in terms of longitude and latitude?
a) absolute location
b) relative location
c) place
d) movement

What type of map would you use to find the elevation of mountain ranges?
a) political map
b) special interest map
c) population map
d) physical map

What are photographic images of Earth’s surface taken from the air?
a) Satellite images
b) Ariel photgraphs
c) physical map
d) political map

What shows how much space on the map represents a given distance on the land?
a) title
b) region
c) map key
d) bar scale

Ways to map Earth on a flat surface are called ___________.
a) projections
b) degrees
c) distortion
d) globes

What is the mix of human and nonhuman features at a given location?
a) region
b) location
c) place
d) movement

What type of map shows location or distribution of human or physical features?
a) physical map
b) Special interest map
c) Political map
d) Population map

What are computer-based systems that store and use information linked to geographic locations?
a) Geographic information system (GIS)
b) location
c) region
d) place

What type of map shows natural features?
a) special interest map
b) population map
c) political map
d) physical map

What is the area of given space on the map that corresponds to the real world?
a) degrees
b) map key
c) scale
d) title

The study of the human and nonhuman features of our earth as well as how Earth and it’s people affect each other is called:
a) geography
b) geology
c) biology
d) zoology

The height above sea level on a map is called__________.
a) movement
b) region
c) place
d) elevation

What are units that measure angles?
a) percent
b) degrees
c) millimeters
d) inches

What do a map key and bar scale show on a map?
a) movement
b) population
c) Information on distance and map symbols
d) distortion

What is loss of accuracy in the size or positions of objects on a map?
a) population
b) projection
c) distortion
d) location

What explores how people, goods, and the ideas get from one place to another?
a) movement
b) human-interaction environment
c) location
d) region

Which part of a map would you look at to find directions on a physical map?
a) Legend
b) Compass Rose
c) Title
d) inset map

What is an area with at least one unifying physical or human feature such as such as climate, landforms, population or history?
a) movement
b) region
c) population
d) inset map

What is a round shaped body called?
a) spere
b) region
c) degrees
d) inset map

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