Geography Quiz 1
At what angular distance is the International Date Line from the Prime Meridian?
180 degrees
What is the collection of physical and human geographic features on Earth's surface called?
A landscape
The most common type of thematic map; displays data by filling in political units with differing colors
Choropleth
Which type of map would a map of Europe with each country depicted in different colors be classified as?
Choropleth
A system of values, beliefs, and attitudes that shape and influence behavior is called a(n) _____.
Culture
Uses dots to represent a stated amount of some phenomenon within a political unit
Dot density
What type of map projection would be used if you wanted to preserve the distance from a specific point to all other points?
Equidistant
Carl Sauer challenged geographers to consider the transformation through time from a cultural landscape to a natural landscape.
False
GIS stands for Geospatial Intelligence Systems.
False
Job growth in the geographic sciences has stagnated in the past 15 years.
False
The Mercator projection is frequently used in classrooms because its straight lines accurately depict the areas of continents and countries.
False
The Northern Hemisphere is sometimes describe as the water hemisphere.
False
The distance between lines of longitude is equal across the globe.
False
The latitude of meridians is equal at all locations.
False
The polarregions may also be classified as low-latitude regions.
False
Uses arrows of various widths to indicate the movement of people or goods from one area to another
Flow
Which type of map would a map showing the movement of Syrian refugees be classified as?
Flow
A map showing the distribution of season ticket holders for Atlanta Braves baseball games would be classified as which type of region?
Functional
Uses simple symbols such as circle or bar graphs, scaled proportionally to the quantity of the attribute being mapped.
Graduated Symbol
Does not use political units; uses lines or colors to join points of equal value across the mapped area
Isarithmic
Which type of map would a topographic map be classified as?
Isarithmic
Why is the concept of regions in geography useable?
It allows for an exact study of a specific area for a specific purpose
What type of map projection would be used if you wanted to accurately depict area?
NOT Compromise
Geography knowledge enables people to understand the relationships among people, places, and environments. This statement best describes which of the following six essential elements of geography as outlined by the National Geographic Society.
NOT uses of geography
The coordinate 47° 39' 56'' N, 81° 3' 28" E would be located in the _____.
Northern hemishpere mid-latitudes
"North of the park" is an example of what type of location?
Relative
What part of the map shows the amount of reduction required to place an area on a chart, piece of paper, or computer screen?
Scale
Which type of scale would most likely be utilized to draw a map of the United States?
Small-Scale
Climate change and hunger are examples of human-environment interactions.
True
Latitude and longitude lines are a common coordinate system and measured in degrees, minutes, seconds.
True
Locations may be classified as either relative or absolute.
True
Places located between the Tropic of Cancer and the Tropic of Capricorn are classified as low latitudes.
True
The two basic types of maps are reference maps and thematic maps.
True
Alexander von Humboldt ushered in geography's modern era with studies of human-environmental interactions.
True
