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C1&2 Test 5 Themes
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Lines that run east to west but measure distances north and south of the Equator are? | Lines of Latitude |
| A record of the past is? | History |
| The people and groups within a society that have the authority to make laws, to make sure they are carried out, and settle disagreements about them is what? | Government |
| Where something is at is? | Location |
| This describes location. | Place |
| How people are changed by their environment and how they change their environment is? | Human environment interaction |
| The conflict between people’s desires and their limited resources is? | Scarcity |
| The effect that one part of the world has on another (air transportation and the internet have greatly increased this). | Interdependence |
| The gifts of nature, human skills, and tools that people use to fulfill their needs are? | Resources |
| This determines how much detail a map will show. | Scale |
| This means to move from one area to another? | Migrate |
| A type of map that is not concerned with showing the actual shape or size of land masses but is more concerned with showing info is? | Cartogram |
| The study of people, places, and their environment is? | Geography |
| The study of how people manage their resources is? | Economics |
| The beliefs, customs, and ways of living shared by a group of people are? | Culture |
| An area of the world that has similar or unifying characteristics is a? | Region |
| How people, goods, and ideas move from place to place is? | Movement |
| A legal member of a country is a? | Citizen |
| The kinds of food, clothing, beliefs, languages, or tools shared by a group of people are? | Culture trait |
| An area of the world in which many people share similar beliefs, history, and languages is a? | Culture region |
| One half of the earth is a? | Hemisphere |
| A person who makes a map is a? | Cartographer |
| This is used to navigate through air and water. | Nautical map |
| How many time zones are there in the world? | 24 |
| What is a map projection? | A way to show the earth’s curved surface on a flat map |
| What is the best type of map projection? | Robinson |
| What are some of the reasons that the world has become more interdependent? | -better methods of transportation -internet -cell phones |
| What do we use to make maps? | Aerial photography and satellite images |
| List some of the different types of maps. | Political, general reference, thematic, and physical |
| Where does each day begin? | The International Date Line |
| List the Five Themes of Geography. | Location, Place, Region, Movement, Human-Environment Interaction |
| Location describes what? | Where something is at |
| When describing exactly where something is you are describing___________ location? | Absolute |
| When describing where something is in relation to the things around it you are describing___________ location? | Relative |
| This theme describes location with physical and human made characteristics. | Place |
| An area of the world with similar or unifying characteristics is a. | Region |
| How people are changed and how they change their environment is? | Human Environment Interaction |
| Lines that run north to south measure distances east and west of the Prime Meridian are? | Longitude |