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Foy Geography Test
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| This includes the study of both physical and cultural features. | geography |
| This is the study of the earth's land and features. | physical geography |
| This is the study of people and the places where they live. | human geography |
| One's environment is made up of what two things? | landforms and climate |
| Studying this is important to both physical and human geography. | location |
| By comparing this, geographers can learn more about the factors that affect each of them. | locations |
| The features of a region can be described in what two ways? | physical or human |
| What was critical to early settlement? | resources in an area |
| What were some early resources? | water, animals, fertile land, stones for tools |
| What does geography affect if the first societies formed along rivers? | It affects the growth of civilizations. |
| What are a few types of weather-related problems caused by geography? | floods and food shortages |
| What are some ways that people can affect geography? | planting trees, building lakes, creating wastelands |
| Maps are useful because they can include what types of information? | population, elevation, resources |
| What feature of a map gives directions and helps you find locations on a map? | compass rose |
| What are the cardinal directions? (Be able to locate them on a compass) | north, south, east, west` |
| What are the intermediate directions? (Be able to locate them on a compass) | northwest, northeast, southwest, southeast |
| What feature of a map represents actual locations on a map? | symbols |
| What feature of a map shows different symbols for a map? | key or legend |
| What does a map scale show on a map? | respective distance ex: 1 inch equals a mile |
| What do political maps show? | governmental boundaries of countries, states, counties, etc. |
| What do physical maps show? | landforms, like deserts, mountains, and plains |
| What do historical maps show? | How land looked in the past |
| Be able to locate the following landorms on a map: | mountain, peninsula, lake, plateau, bay, island, valley, forest, hill, plain, river, desert |
| Be able to locate the following continents on a map: | North America, South America, Africa, Europe, Asia, Australia, Antarctica |
| Be able to locate the following oceans on a map: | Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Arctic, Southern |
| The pattern of weather conditions in a certain area over a long period of time. | climate |
| These regions are high latitude regions of the world. | polar |
| These climate zones are those without extremes of temperature and precipitation (rain or snow). | temperate |
| What are the two type of temperate climates? | maritime and continental |
| This climate is the desert or semi-desert areas of great continental areas surrounded by mountains. | arid |
| This this climate, the weather is usually hot and humid, and during the wet season, it rains heavily and regularly almost every day. | tropical |
| This defines the Mediterranean climate: | wet winter/dry summer |
| This climate receives more rainfall than low-lying areas because the temperature on top of mountains is lower than the temperature at sea level. | mountain |
| How many degrees is the Earth's circumference divided into? | 360 degrees (like a circle) |
| The east-west lines in the grid are called what lines? (Be able to log these coordinates on a map) | latitude |
| What are lines of latitude also called? | parallels, because they are always parallel to each other |
| What lines measure distance north and south of the equator? | latitude |
| This is the longest parallel, which is almost 25,000 miles long. | equator |
| The major lines of latitude include: | Tropic of Cancer, equator, Tropic of Capricorn, Arctic Circle, Antarctic Circle |
| What are the north-south lines in the grid? | longitude |
| What is another name for lines of longitude? | meridians |
| What lines measure distance east-west of the prime meridian? | longitude |
| Where do meridians meet? | the poles |
| How can a degree of latitude be broken down? | 60 parts called minutes, which can further be broken down into 60 parts called seconds |
| When writing latitude and longitude, what order does it go in? | latitude, longitude |
| A half of the globe, one of the halves into which the earth is divided? | hemisphere |
| This is the eastern half of the earth from the prime meridian to 180 degrees longitude. | eastern hemisphere |
| This is the western half of the earth from the prime meridian to 180 degrees longitude. | western hemisphere |
| This is the half of the earth between the North Pole and the equator. | northern hemisphere |
| This is the half of the earth between the South Pole and the equator. | southern hemisphere |
| How many degrees does the earth rotate each hour? | 15 degrees |
| Do you subtract or add an hour for each time zone when moving west? | subtract |
| Do you subtract or add an hour for each time zone when moving east? | add |
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