Chapter 1

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Roanoke, Virginia, is located about 40 miles from Lynchburg. This describes its...

Relative location

Which of the following would NOT be a project for a cartographer?

Tracking the path of a hurricane using Landsat

Green Bay, Wisconsin, is located at an imaginary line run north and south on the globe. What does the line represent?

Degrees of longitude

The northwest corner of Wyoming is at 45 degrees North latitude, 111 degrees West longitude. This describes its...

Absolute location

What is the best way to measure the spread of the Sahara during a calendar year

Landsat

Countries east to the prime meridian are in...

The Eastern Hemisphere

Geography is the study of...

The distribution and interaction of Earth's physical and human features

What imaginary line cuts across the top of South America?

The line dividing the Northern and Southern Hemispheres

How can geographers reduce the distortions created when they draw a flat map of Greenland?

They make a map projection


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