Geography Test 1 Review

The Empire State Building is located at 40.7 degrees north, 74 degrees west. That is it's _______ location.

• Absolute

• Relative

• Made Up

• Real

What is GPS (Geographic Positioning System) used by geographers for?

• To create maps

• To find new oceans

• To provide directions

• To find lost cities

What is GIS?

• Technology used to create maps of the Earth's surface and solve geographic problems

• A way for people to find their way from point A to point B

• A computer game about geography

• A type of map projection that helps sailors find their way when they're lost at sea.

A map that shows the natural features of the earth (landforms, rivers, etc.) is a _________ map.

• Political

• Physical

• Thematic

• Choropleth

A political map shows:

• Landforms

• Political preferences of regions

• Governmental boundaries

• Perceptual regions

Choose three examples of functional regions:

• Network of highways

• The South

• North Dakota

• Delivery area

• A river used for transportation

A formal region has

• No man made boundaries

• Officially recognized boundaries

• A center point

• Similar climate

Why are US states in the west larger and more uniform than states in the east?

• There are NO physical features to use as boundaries in the west

• We don't know

• There were too many people there

• Man made borders (latitude and longitude) were used more

The map above is a:

• Physical map

• Thematic map

• Political map

• Topographic map

A _______ region is defined by opinion and does not have set boundaries.

• Formal

• Functional

• Perceptual

• Geographic