1. Chap. 1 TEST Review

2. What are three types of regions? 1.

3. formal, functional, & perceptual 1.

4. What is a region? 2.

5. an area of the earth’s surface with similar characteristics 2.

6. ERATOSTHENES (276 -194 BCE) is known as the “Father of_____________.” 3.

7. geography 3.

8. What are the five themes of geography? 4.

9. location, place, regions, human-environment interaction, and movement 4.

10. What are some of the tools used by geographers? 5.

11. maps, globes, charts, graphs, surveys, GPS, GIS and photos 5.

12. Geographers view the world in terms of use of________ on earth. 6.

13. space 6.

14. Define geography: 7.

15. The study of the distribution and interaction of physical and human features on the earth. 7.

16. The question that the theme of movement tries to answer is________________. 8.

17. How do people, goods, animals, plants and ideas move from one location to another? 8.

18. What are the three types of distance geographers look at? 9.

19. time, linear, and psychological distance 9.

20. What does H.E.I. refer to? 10.

21. How people relate to, adapt to, and alter the environment 10.

22. Thousands of pilgrims gather at daybreak along the banks of the________________. What is another name for a mapmaker? 11

23. cartographer 11.

24. ______________are the various ways that the round earth is converted onto a flat piece of paper. 12.

25. map projections 12.

26. What is the 1 st step in making a map? 13.

27. complete a field survey 13.

28. Three basic map types are: 14.

29. general reference, thematic, & navigational 14.

30. 0  latitude is also called the____________. 15

31. Equator 15.

32. Half of the earth is called a____________. 16.

33. hemisphere 16.

34. Thousands of pilgrims gather at daybreak along the banks of the________________. Your exact position on earth can be found using a technology called____________. 17.

35. GPS/ Global Positioning System 17.

36. A__________is the most accurate representation of the earth. 18.

37. globe 18.

38. A two-dimensional representation of all, or part, of the earth’s surface is called a__________. 19.

39. map 19.

40. The two main branches of geography are_____________. 20.

41. human & physical geography 20.

42. The study of the history of the earth is called___________. 21.

43. geology 21.

44. A population density map is an example of a____________map. 22.

45. thematic 22.

46. Thousands of pilgrims gather at daybreak along the banks of the________________. “What’s it like?” is the question answered by the geographic theme of______________. 23.

47. place 23.

48. _____________describes where a place is situated based on its surroundings. 24.

49. relative location 24.

50. Lines that run parallel to the equator are called lines of_________________. 25.

51. latitude 25.

52. The study of weather and climate is known as______________. 26.

53. meteorology 26.

54. Landforms, bodies of waters, elevation and altitude are found on__________maps. 27.

55. physical 27.

56. Learning about the origin of humans through the study of fossils is called__________. 28.

57. archeology 28.

58. Thousands of pilgrims gather at daybreak along the banks of the________________. A______________region is connected together by movement and interaction. 29.

59. functional 29.

60. North America and Europe are examples of__________regions. 30.

61. formal 30.

62. About 75 percent of the population of Sri Lanka is made up of the Buddhist group known as the_____________. 31. The imaginary lines that go around the earth, over the North and South Poles, are called lines of ___________. 31.

63. longitude 31.

64. The zero-degree (0  ) line of longitude is called the______________. 32.

65. Prime Meridian 32.

66. The part of a map shows the ratio between a unit of length on the map and a unit of distance on the earth is the____________. 33.

67. scale 33.

68. “Where is it?” is the question answered by the geographic theme of________________. 34.

69. location 34.

70. Thousands of pilgrims gather at daybreak along the banks of the________________. ______________maps show the official boundaries of cities, states, and provinces. 35.

71. political 35.

72. ____________satellites constantly orbit the earth taking photos. 36.

73. Landsat 36.

74. The software system that stores information about the world in a digital database is called __________________. 37.

75. GIS/ Geographic Information Systems 37.

76. The 24 satellites that assist GPS are called the_____________ satellites. 38.

77. Navstar 38.

78. ______________is expressed in degrees of latitude and longitude. 39.

79. absolute location 39.

80. The Midwest is an example of a ______________region. 40.

81. perceptual 40.

82. Thousands of pilgrims gather at daybreak along the banks of the________________. “How are areas similar or different?” is the question answered by the geographic theme of____________. 41.

83. region 41.

84. _________ study oceans and seas. 42.

85. oceanographers 42.

86. The____________is the part of a map that shows you the north (N), south (S), east (E), and west (W) directions. 43.

87. compass rose 43.