Geography Test Review

The exact location of something using latitude and longitude is known as:                                      

• absolute
• relative
• postitive
• meridian

The study of the earth and how people use it is known as______

• Geography
• Cartography
• Social Studies
• Coordinate Plane

Mill Middle school is exactly 75 degrees north longitude and 120 degrees west.  This is an example of the geography theme of: 

• Movement
• Location
• Region
• Human Interaction Environment

Lines that run east and west, but measure north and south.

• Latitude
• Longitude
• Prime Meridian
• Directions

Trucks that bring clothes and groceries to the stores we shop in represent which theme?

• Movement
• Location
• Human-Environment Interaction
• Region

Lines on a map that run north and south but measure east and west.

• Equator
• Longitude
• Latitude

Lines running side by side following the same direction and never cross.

• Parallels
• Scale
• Meridians
• Straight

Directions on a compass rose that shows North, South, East, and West.

• Intermediate Directions
• Cardinal Directions
• Compass Rose
• Map Key

Directions on a compass rose that shows Northeast, Southeast,  Northwest and Southwest.

• Intermediate Directions
• Cardinal Directions
• Compass Rose
• Map Key

In the Midwest, there are very large fields and very large farms.  The people who live there could say they live in a farming _____________________.

• Location
• Region
• Place
• Movement