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5086 50 Geo Terms
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What type of map shows mountains, rivers, oceans, and landforms? | Physical map |
| What type of map shows countries, borders, states, and major cities? | Political map |
| What type of map shows elevation using contour lines? | Topographic map |
| What type of map shows long-term weather patterns in a region? | Climate map |
| What type of map focuses on one topic, such as population or income? | Thematic map |
| What map feature shows the relationship between map distance and real distance? | Scale |
| What map feature explains symbols and colors used on a map? | Legend |
| What map feature shows direction on a map? | Compass rose |
| What map feature uses latitude and longitude to find exact location? | Coordinates |
| What type of location describes where a place is compared to another place? | Relative location |
| What type of location uses latitude and longitude? | Absolute location |
| What are lines of latitude also called? | Parallels |
| What are lines of longitude also called? | Meridians |
| What line is located at 0 degrees latitude? | Equator |
| What line is located at 0 degrees longitude? | Prime Meridian |
| What line is located near 180 degrees longitude? | International Date Line |
| What line separates the Northern and Southern Hemispheres? | Equator |
| What line helps separate the Eastern and Western Hemispheres? | Prime Meridian |
| What lines measure distance north and south of the Equator? | Latitude |
| What lines measure distance east and west of the Prime Meridian? | Longitude |
| What map projection keeps direction accurate but greatly distorts area near the poles? | Mercator |
| What is the main weakness of the Mercator projection? | Distorts area |
| What projection gives a more balanced view of the world but still has distortion? | Robinson |
| Why do all flat maps have some distortion? | Projection distortion |
| What type of projection preserves area but may distort shape? | Equal-area projection |
| What geography theme focuses on how people, goods, and ideas travel? | Movement |
| What geography theme focuses on common characteristics of an area? | Region |
| What geography theme focuses on how people affect and adapt to the environment? | Human-environment interaction |
| What geography theme focuses on where something is? | Location |
| What geography theme focuses on the physical and human traits of an area? | Place |
| What term describes a person’s personal understanding of an area or route? | Mental map |
| What concept describes businesses clustering near each other for economic benefit? | Agglomeration |
| What term describes the movement of people from rural areas to cities? | Urbanization |
| What term describes the spread of ideas, goods, or culture from one place to another? | Diffusion |
| What term describes people leaving one place to live in another? | Migration |
| What term describes the number of people living in a certain area? | Population density |
| What is natural increase based on? | Births minus deaths |
| What rate measures the number of births in a population? | Birth rate |
| What rate measures the number of deaths in a population? | Death rate |
| What type of country usually has more workers in agriculture? | Developing country |
| What type of climate is hot and wet year-round? | Tropical rainforest |
| What type of climate is very dry with little rainfall? | Desert |
| What atmospheric feature moves weather patterns west to east across the United States? | Jet stream |
| What major environmental problem was caused by diverting rivers for irrigation? | Aral Sea shrinkage |
| What global environmental issue was addressed by international agreements like the Montreal Protocol? | Ozone depletion |
| What physical feature helped early river valley civilizations farm successfully? | Fertile soil |
| What river valley region was home to Mesopotamia? | Tigris-Euphrates |
| What river supported ancient Egyptian civilization? | Nile River |
| What ocean was important for trade between East Africa, Arabia, India, and Southeast Asia? | Indian Ocean |
| What sea connected many ancient Mediterranean civilizations through trade? | Mediterranean Sea |
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