Unit 1

Relative Location

• Where a relative lives

• North, South, East, West

• Provides the exact point a place is found

• Gives an estimate of where a place is found

Longitude lines are imaginary vertical (north-south) lines on a map.

• True

• False

Latitude lines are imaginary _______ lines that run from west to east.

• Diagonal

• Vertical

• Horizontal

• Sparkle

Culture is how people live, behave, and think in a region.

• True

• False

Culture shock:

• Unique features of any culture

• Borrowing from another culture's traits

• A sense of confusion when facing a different cultures way of life

Cultural Borrowing is borrowing from another culture's traits.

• True

• False

If tourist want to barter when visiting the outdoor markets in Eastern African Countries, they must bring along _____

• A credit card

• Goods to trade

• Currency from each country

• American money

Which of these geographic forms in Eastern Africa is about the same size as the entire United States?

• the Sahara Desert

• the Serengeti Plains

• Lake Victoria

• Mount Kilimanjaro

Problems Caused by Hunting Bushmeat:

1. Endangered animals are killed.

2. Hunting laws are broken.

3. ?

4. Selling bushmeat is more profitable than farming.

5. Which of the following statements can be added to the list of problems listed above:

• Bushmeat is high in protein

• Some hunters sell trophies believed to bring good luck, which have been taken from protected animals.

• Africans living in cities think that eating bushmeat connects them to the land and to their past.

• Tourists like to eat bushmeat in local restaurants.

Maps are ______ representations of the Earth.

• Round

• Flat

• Square

• Colorful