Geography Unit 1 Quiz

Draw a Mercator Map with its distortions

Answer explanation

Mercator maps are rectangular and distort the earth by stretching the top and bottom of the map

Draw a Azimuthal Map and the distortions

Answer explanation

Azimuthal maps are circular and distort the southern hemisphere, stretching the edges of the map

What is the difference between location and place?

• Location exists in the real world and place does too

• Location exists on a map and place does too

• Location exists in the real world and place exists on a map

• Location exists on a map and place exists in the real world

Globalization is created by what two things?

• Mass Transportation and Outsourcing

• Mass Communication and Mass Transportation

• Mass Communication and Open Sourcing

• Open Sourcing and Outsourcing

True or false: Human enivornment interaction is only about how humans impact and change the environment?

• True

• False

Answer explanation

The environment also interacts with humans through natural disasters and other events like trees breathing oxygen and taking in carbon dioxide

Where in the world is the climate hot and dry?

• Equator

• North Pole

• Geography

• Tropic of Capricorn

Where is the earth hot and wet?

• Tropic of Cancer

• Equator

• Tropic of Capricorn

• Georgia

True or False: Open Sourcing is alway used for benefitting societies

• True

• False

Answer explanation

Open Sourcing has been used to cause terrorism such as 9/11

What is not an example of a physical barrier?

• A mountain

• A swamp

• A Desert

• A field

Which continent won the keys to development?

• Europe

• North America

• Asia

• Africa