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CHAPTER 1 TEST REVIEW
1.
Geography- The study of Earth and it’s people
2.
How many continents are there on Earth? What are they?
7, North America, South America, Australia, Europe, Asia, Antarctica, Africa.
3.
What are the 5 Themes of Geography? Define them- PAGE 15
1. Place- The physical and human characteristics that make a location unique
a. Example- mountains, people’s language, rivers,
2. Location-The position of a place on the Earth’s surfacea. absolute location 45°N, 75°W
3. Movement- how and why people ideas, and goods move from place to place.
a. people leaving a country to avoid war, famine, get a new job
4. Region- Areas of the Earth’s surface that have several common characteristics such as land,
natural resources or population.
a. North Africa and South West Asia are known as the Arabic speaking world or
Muslim world.
5. Human Environmental Interaction- how people affect their environment and how their
environment affects them.
a. People planting crops, polluting, building a damn on a river.
6.
How is Absolute Location different from Relative Location?Absolute location gives exact coordinates on earth where something is located- 15°S, 118°E.
Relative location describes where something is based on the things around it- my house is
located down the street from Avon middle school south.
7.
Physical Features-physical characteristics of the land that make a place unique- landforms
(mountains, rivers, lakes, valleys), plants, animals and weather patterns.
8.
Explain the difference between place and location?
Location is the position of a place on earth. Place is the characteristics that describe a location
to make it unique
9.
Physical Geography (define and give 2 examples)- Page16Examines earth’s land areas, bodies
of water, plant life, and other physical features. Forest, desert, mountain, ocean.
10. Human Geography (define and give 2 examples) Page 16- people and their activities- Religion,
language, way of life.
11. How long is a Decade- 10 years
12. Century- 100 years
13. Millennium- 1,000 years
14. Globe-A round model of the earth that shows its shape, landforms, and directions as they truly
relate to one another.
15. Map- a flat drawing of all or part of the earth’s surface.
16. What is the point of a legend (or key) on a map?- The legend or key explains the symbols,
lines, and colors on the map.
17. What is a scale on a map? A measuring line helps you figure distance on a map
18. What are the differences between a physical map and a political map?-a physical map shows
landforms, elevation, and water features, a political map shows country boundaries, cities and
capitals (sometimes labels water ways)
19. Map Projections-A way of showing the earth (3D) on a flat sheet of paper (2D)
20. Which map is the best for showing the shape of the earth as well as for plotting points? Little
distortions.- Winkel Tripel
21. Which of the map projections we learned about is the most distorted view of the Earth?
Mercator
22. Which map has flat north and south poles, but shows the shape of the earth with curved
Longitude lines? Robinson Projection
23. This map shows half of the Earth at one time- Flat Plane projection
24. Which is the over all best projection of the Earth? (its very hard to plot points on!)
Goode’s Interrupted Equal-Area Projection
25. Equator- Imaginary line latitude that runs around the Earth Halfway between the northern
Hemisphere and the Southern Hemisphere.
26. What are lines of Latitude? Which way do they run? They measure what?
Lines of latitude are imaginary lines that run East and West around the Earth, they measure
north and south of the Equator and start at the equator and end at the poles.
27. lines of Longitude- Which way do they run? what do they measure? where do they start and stop?
Lines of longitude run north and south, they measure East and west, start from the north pole
and end at the south pole
28. What is the Prime Meridian? What city does it pass through?- Greenwich, England
29. What line is located at 23.5°N latitude?-Tropic of Cancer
30. What line is located at 23.5°S latitude? Tropic of Capricorn
31. How many time zones are there on earth? Why? There are 24 time zones, because it takes the
earth 24 hours to make one rotation on it’s axis (a day).
32. What time zone are we in here in Avon, Indiana?-We are on Eastern Standard time
Use page RA-3 in your textbook to plot the following points then write down the name of the country :
33. 28°N, 85°E ______India________________
34. 12°S, 77°W______Peru or Brazil________________
35. 19°N, 99°W________Mexico ______________
36. 47°N, 10°E__________Italy_____________
37. 2°N, 45°E _________Somalia or Ethiopia_______________
38. 29°S, 27°E__________South Africa______________
Use page RA-16 in your textbook to answer the following questions.
39. Lima, Peru: Latitude _12___⁰ S, Longitude __78____⁰ W
40. Asuncion, Paraguay: Latitude ____25______⁰ S, Longitude ___58______⁰ W
41. Bogota, Colombia: Latitude ____4______ ⁰ N, Longitude ___74______ ⁰ W
41. Santiago, Chile: Latitude __33______⁰ S, Longitude ___71_______ ⁰W
Use map RA-33 to answer the following questions.
42. If it is 6 pm in San Francisco what time would it is in Chicago, Illinois?
It is 8pm in Chicago
43. If it is midnight in Washington D.C. what time is it in Denver Colorado?
It would be 10pm in Denver Colorado.
44. If it is 2 AM in Seattle what time is it in Indianapolis?
In Indianapolis it would be 5am
45. If it is 6pm in Hong Kong, China what time Is it in Perth, Australia?
It would be 6pm in Perth Australia.
46. It is 1 PM in Boston, Massachusetts what time is it in San Francisco, California?
It would be 10am in San Francisco