Chapter One Test

True/False Indicate whether the statement is true or false. ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ 1. Geographers examine how people shape the world. 2. Geographers depend upon advanced scientific tools for their work. 3. Physical geography is the study of how humans affect the earth. 4. Relative location is expressed as an exact point on a grid. 5. A geographic educator teaches about geography. 6. Geographers rarely study other subjects as part of their work. 7. The Prime Meridian is a line of latitude.

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8. The Equator divides the globe into the Northern and Southern Hemispheres.

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9. This map would be ideally suited for use by an economic geographer.

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This map would be useful for finding the relative location of cultural sights in Mexico City but not for determining the absolute location of the city.

Multiple Choice Identify the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question. Recalling Facts and Ideas ____ 11. What are the two types of location that geographers use as reference points? a. high and low c. absolute and relative b. human and physical d. population and coastal ____ 12. Why are maps useful to geographers? a. A great deal of statistical information can be recorded on a map. b. Maps can show the history of a country at a glance. c. There are many different types of maps. d. Maps can show some information better than writing can. ____ 13. Geographers use history to a. help understand the altitude of a region. b. make predictions about the future geography of an area. c. help determine what places looked like in the past. d. learn about latitude and longitude in ancient times. ____ 14. What is meant by the term relative location? a. the exact spot at which a place is found on the globe b. the location of a place in relation to other places c. the location of a place unrelated to other places d. the distance of a place from the Prime Meridian ____ 15. What name is given to the study of the connections between people and their physical environment? a. people-place reaction b. animal-location relationships c. human-environment interaction d. geography-location interaction ____ 16. The study of ____ is called physical geography. a. the movement of earths human population b. the earths physical features c. both the physical and human features of the earth d. political, cultural, and economic factors around the world ____ 17. Which of the following is a use of geography? a. making predictions about a populations future water needs b. determining how an ancient civilization spread c. deciding where to build a new highway d. all of the above ____ 18. What is another term for human geography? a. relative location c. cultural geography b. physical geography d. statistical geography ____ 19. A human geographer a. analyzes human aspects of culture. b. analyzes human physiology. c. focuses study on ways in which humans and animals interact differently with their

surroundings. d. focuses on all aspects of the environment.

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a. b. c. d. Matching

to determine the seasons in a given location to find the way from New York to Chicago to calculate the number of days in September to tell whether or not a day is sunny

Using Key Terms Match each item with the correct statement below. a. absolute location d. place b. hemispheres e. relative location c. meteorology ____ ____ ____ ____ 21. 22. 23. 24. the study of weather and weather forecasting the exact spot at which a place is found on the globe two halves of the earth, divided north-south or east-west a particular space with physical and human meaning Using Key Terms Match each item with the correct statement below. a. ecosystem d. geographic information system

b. Prime Meridian c. Equator ____ ____ ____ ____ 25. 26. 27. 28.

e. cartography

dividing line for the Northern and Southern Hemispheres the study of maps and mapmaking tool that processes and organizes data for geographers and others dividing line for the Eastern and Western Hemispheres

Short Answer: Worth 3 points each Applying Skills Use the map to answer the following questions.

29. What is the highest average temperature in January along the west coast? 30. What is the lowest average temperature at the southeastern tip of the United States? 31. Which city has the warmer average temperature: Albuquerque, New Mexico, or Little Rock, Arkansas? 32. What is the lowest average temperature along the east coast? 33. What is the average temperature range at the northwestern tip of the United States?

34. Which city has the colder average temperature: Albuquerque, New Mexico, or Little Rock, Arkansas?

35. According to what factor does this map group places into regions? 36. How could a human geographer use this map?

Modified True/False: Worth 5 points each Indicate whether the statement is true or false. If false, change the identified word or phrase to make the statement true.

____ 37. The Tropic of Cancer is a line of latitude. __________________________ ____ 38. Latitude and longitude lines are used to describe relative location. _________________________