Unit 1 Exam Review 2025

What provides location and guidance through a navigation system & works by transmitting radio signals from satellites?

• DHL

• GPS

• DMX

What can help forecast weather patterns and supports scientists in their studies of volcanoes and earthquakes?

• GIS

• MPG

• RCA

As elevation increases, temperature?

• Increases

• Decreases

• Stays the same

When considering latitude, the closer one gets to the North or South Poles, the temperature what?

• Increases

• Decreases

• Depends on longitude

Household income and education level could be displayed on what type of map?

• Physical Map

• Thematic Map

• Political Map

Building dams to control flooding and provide water and electricity is an example of?

• Movement

• Empire-Republic Interaction

• Human-Environment Interaction

Which of the following features would you most likely find on a political map?

• Mountain Ranges 

• Borders of countries

• Population density

Which of the following is an example of a primary source in world geography?

• A textbook about the Amazon rainforest

• A satellite image of the Sahara Desert

• A documentary film about climate change

0° Latitude and 0° Longitude, at what absolute location would be where?

• Prime Meridian and Tropic of Cancer

• Tropic of Capricorn and the Equator

• Equator and the Prime Meridian

Which statement best shows a perceptual region related to Texas?

• Texas is the second-largest state in the U.S. by area.

• Many people think of Texas as “cowboy country” with wide-open ranches.

• Texas produces more crude oil than any other U.S. state.