Geography Test Review – First 3 weeks
Be able to define or identify the following terms:
Absolute location
Longitude
Globe
Relative location
Map key
Equator
Map
Compass rose
Hemisphere
Geography
Scale
Latitude
Map projection
Which two continents are located completely in the Southern Hemisphere?
Which hemisphere is all of North America located in?
Which two continents are completely in the Western Hemisphere?
Which hemisphere is the Indian Ocean located in?
What is a model of the earth?
What line divides the earth into a northern half and southern half?
What line divides the earth into an eastern half and western half?
What is a map projection?
What is a name for an oval-shaped projection map?
Which continents have east longitude in their address?
Which latitudes does most of the contiguous United States fall between? The low, mid
or high latitudes?
What does the Mercator Map projection show more accurately, size, shape or location
of the continents?
On a Mercator Map projection does the land around the poles appear smaller or
larger?
On a Mercator Map which continent appears much wider than it really is compared to
other continents?
On a Mercator Map which country appears much wider than it really is compared to
other continents?
What are the four processes of creating a map?
What are the five themes of geography?
What does human/environment interaction mean?
What does nothing happens in isolation mean?
Why is scale important?
What three ways can the scale be portrayed?
What are the seven continents?
What are the four oceans?
Using the National Geographic map on your desk, what country is located at:
300S, 300E
600N, 1200W
300S, 1500E
300S, 600W
300N, 00
Which of the five themes of geography includes those features and characteristics that
give an area its own identity or personality?
Which of the five themes of geography deals with the way people, products,
information, and ideas move from one place to another?
What are the thermal characteristics of latitude?
Which latitudes have distinct seasons?
Which latitudes are cold year round?
Which latitudes are warm year round?
What type of map show a wide range of general information about an area?
What type of map presents specific kinds of information?