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