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- 1. Multiple Choice
Which type of thematic map would tell you the kinds of industry seen in a country?
Economic Activity
Population Density
Climate
Physical
- 2. Multiple Choice
Which type of thematic map would illustrate the amount of people living in a specific area of a country?
Mental Map
Economic Activity
Population Density
Climate
- 3. Multiple Choice
Which type of thematic map would show you mountains, deserts, oceans, etc.?
Physical
Political
Climate
Elevation
- 4. Multiple Choice
Which type of thematic map would be most helpful to determine the percentage of the Netherlands that is below sea level?
Physical
Elevation
Climate
Population Density
- 5. Multiple Choice
Which type of thematic map would show races or large groups of people who have the same customs, religion, origin, etc. in a country?
Climate
Political
Elevation
Ethnicity
- 6. Multiple Choice
A ______________ would be used to help you get from school to home.
Mental Map
Elevation
Climate
Physical
- 7. Multiple Choice
A farmer moves to a new area and wants to know if specific crops will survive in the area. Which of the following would be most useful to him?
Graphic Information System (GIS)
Mental Map
Political Map
Precipitation Map
- 8. Multiple Choice
A meteorologist might use this to study the paths of hurricanes to predict where and when they might occur in the future.
Precipitation Map
GIS Map
Political Map
Mental Map
- 9. Multiple Choice
A student wants to tell his friend how to get to his house from school. Which kind of map would he use?
GIS Map
Mental Map
Precipitation Map
Political Map
- 10. Multiple Choice
A student needs to memorize all the countries of Africa. Which map would he use?
Mental Map
GIS Map
Precipitation Map
Political Map
- 11. Multiple Choice
What does a star generally indicate on a map?
Major City
Hollywood
Capital City
Town/Village
- 12. Multiple Choice
Which is these map features used to determine orientation (Direction)
Compass rose
Scale
Latitude & Longitude
Title
- 13. Multiple Choice
Why are all maps DISTORTED?
Can't take information from a a 3 Dimensional object (Globe) and transfer it to a 2 Dimensional object (Map) without some distortion.
Computers are not accurate
All satellite images are distorted
Cartographers are not skilled artists
- 14. Multiple Choice
Which line divides the earth into the Northern and Southern Hemisphere?
a. Tropic of Cancer
b. Arctic Circle
c. Equator
d. Prime Meridian
Tropic of Cancer
Arctic Circle
Equator
Prime Meridian
- 15. Multiple Choice
Which line divides the earth into the Eastern and Western Hemisphere?
Tropic of Cancer
Arctic Circle
Equator
Prime Meridian
- 16. Multiple Choice
Geographers who produce maps are called _____?
Climatologists
Cartographers
Publishers
Environmentalists
- 17. Multiple Choice
What is the location of the Equator?
0 longitude
90 N latitude
0 latitude
30 S longitude
- 18. Multiple Choice
All maps are:
Flat representations of the earth’s surface
More accurate than globes
Three-dimensional representations of the earth’s surface
Used for the same purpose
- 19. Multiple Choice
Lines of longitude run ____.
north and south of the Equator
north of the Equator
south of the Equator
from the North Pole to the South Pole
- 20. Multiple Choice
An Atlas is
a Greek God
a Book of Maps
a statue
a mountain range in North Africa
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