Geography 1st Semester Test

A group of places with common characteristics is called a...

• Location

• Place

• Region

• Movement

What is relative location?

• The exact point where a place is found

• The position of one place compared to another

• The region that contains a place

• The characteristics that make a place unique

Which phrase best summarizes what geographers study?

• The history of world cities

• Reasons that people engage in trade

• The science of how GPS works

• Places and the people who live there

What theme of geography explains the spread of religions around the world?

• Location

• Movement

• Place

• Region

What do geographers use the Global Positioning System to determine?

• Absolute Location

• Land Use

• Population Density

• Relative Location

What theme of geography includes how people modify the environment?

• Movement

• Place

• Region

• Human-Environment Interaction

Which theme looks at how people affect the environment & how the environment affects people?

• Location

• Movement

• Human-Environment Interaction

• Region

What splits the Earth into the Northern and Southern hemispheres?

• Equator

• Prime Meridian

What splits the Earth into the Eastern and Western hemispheres?

• Equator

• Prime Meridian

What is the purpose of latitude and longitude lines?

• They separate the hemispheres.

• The look cool across Earth.

• They help us to pinpoint exact locations on Earth.

• They locate regions.