Posted by Delilah on Monday, November 26, 2012 at 8:25pm.
1.
Which pair of basic questions guides geographers in their work? (1 point)
Where are things located? and Why are they there?
What is the climate? and Why has it changed?
When did Earth form? and What is it made of?
Who lived where? and When did they move?
2.
To learn more about Earth, geographers organize information according to what themes? (1 point)
region, population, and place
latitude, longitude, and movement
location, population, and longitude
location, regions, place, movement, and human-environment interaction
3.
Through their study of Earth, geographers learn how Earth and its people affect (1 point)
human health.
the solar system.
each other.
political systems.
4.
Latitude and longitude lines help geographers identify (1 point)
absolute location.
the depths of the oceans.
Earth's distance from the sun.
the heights of mountains.
5.
What do geographers learn by studying the theme of human-environment interaction? (1 point)
how people move from one region to another
how cultural features define a location
how people and the environment affect each other
how regions differ from each other
6.
The most accurate way to show Earth's continents and bodies of water is with a(n) (1 point)
Mercator projection.
globe.
Robinson projection.
equal-area map.
7.
Which of the following statements explains why there are always distortions on a map? (1 point)
Maps are flat and Earth is round.
Small towns are hard to represent on a map.
Mountains or plains do not show up on a map.
Maps are too small to hold enough information.
8.
Distortion on a map may change the shape of (1 point)
a globe.
the equator.
the Prime Meridian.
some landmasses.
9.
Where would you look to find out how distances on a map compare to the actual distances on land? (1 point)
the title
the key
the scale bar
the compass rose
10.
Which of the following things would geographers be most likely to study? (1 point)
the moon
the planets
landforms and their locations
chemicals and chemical reactions
My answers:
1. Where are things located? and Why are they there?
2. location, regions, place, movement, and human-environment interaction
3. each other.
4. absolute location.
5. how people and the environment affect each other
6. globe.
7. Maps are flat and Earth is round.
8. some landmasses
9. the scale bar
10. landforms and their locations
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