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Geography Revision:
Geography Revision for Exams and other infomation
Question | Answer |
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A Legend Show where the Map Begins and ends? | The Answer is false. |
The orientation symbol shows us which way the map faces? | The Answer is true. |
There are only two ways that scale can be written? | The Answer is true. |
Maps are usually drawn from ground view? | The Answer is false. |
A conventional symbol is one that is widely recognized? | The Answer is true. |
What is one of the items that all maps must have? | One of the items a map should have is an orientation. |
Why is that an Important? | An orientation is important because it helps the reader understand which way to read the map. |
What is another item that all maps have to have? | Another item all the maps have to have is a legend. |
Why is that an important item? | It is an important item because it allows the reader to understand the little pictures. |
How do you show an area of water on map? | You use lines or a colored area. |
If part of the map is colored in or shaded, is this an area or point or line symbol? | It is a large area of land or thing. |
What does scale show? | Scale shows how big the item or thing is in real life. |
What does linear scale look like? | A linear scale has numbered lines. |
What does ratio scale look like? | A ratio Scale represents a representative fraction. |
If one centimeter on a map = 100m, what size would 5 cm represent? | It would be 500m. |
If one centimeter on a map = 500m, what size would 2cm be? | It would be 300m. |
What are the cardinal points of a compass? | A cardinal point on a compass are used to describe direction. |
What are the inter-cardinal points of a compass? | They are the four divided inter-cardinal points= north,east- south,east- south,west and north,west. |
J7 is an example of a __________ reference? | Coordinate. |
What reference do we use when were looking at world maps? | We look at longitude and latitude. |
why are lines of longitude and latitude sometimes drawn curved lines? | they are sometimes curved because of the weather and the earth. |
Name 10 Countries of the Asia pacific? | papa new guenni-India-China-Japan-Singapore-Hong Kong-North Korea-Philip Island- Fiji and South Korea. |
What are Continental Plates? | Continental plate is a large piece of the earths crust that floats on magma beneath the earths surface. |
What special skill do the penan people of Borneo use to survive? | they use spears and hunting skills to survive. |
What adaptions do the sherpas of Nepal have that allows them to live high in the mountains? | the adaptions are they eat yak, yum and milk they hunt their food. |
which Asia pacific country do the Torres Strait Island turtle hunters belong to? | they belong to the aboriginals such as Australia. |
What is nomad? | a nomad is a person tat moves places every day. |
What type of home do Mongolian nomads use? | they live in temporary homes named Ger. |
is a mesa a mountain, desert r river land form? | it is a mountain. |
is a tributary a mountain, desert or river land form? | it is a river land form. |
name three coastal land forms? | 3 coastal land forms are lagoon atoll-split and harbor. |
List the five different Asia pacific biomes? | grass land- forest- wetland- desert- and mountain. |