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The Basics of Geography
World Geography
Chapter 1 Terms: Define the following Terms
Absolute Location, Relative Location, Equator, Prime Meridian, Latitude Lines,
Longitude Lines, Hemisphere, Globe, Map Projection, Topographic Map.
Chapter 2 Terms: Define the following Terms
Magma, Moraine, Continental Drift, Continental Shelf, Drainage Basin, Fault, Ring of
Fire, Tsunami, Sediment, Humus.
Chapter 3 Terms: Define the following Terms
Rain Shadow, Hurricane, Tornado, Chaparral, Climate, Tundra, Biome, Deciduous,
Coniferous, Savanna.
Chapter 4 Terms: Define the following Terms
Innovation, Diffusion, Acculturation, Population Density, Carrying Capacity, Market
Economy, Command Economy, Gross National Product (GNP), Gross Domestic Product
(GDP).
Answer the following Questions
1. Green Bay, Wisconsin, is located at an imaginary line running north south on the
globe. What does this line represent?
2. What would be a project for a cartographer?
3. Roanoke, Virginia, is located about 40 miles from Lynchburg. What does this
describe?
4. How can geographers reduce the distortions created when they draw a flat map of
Greenland?
5. In what hemisphere are countries east of the Prime Meridian?
6. What imaginary line cuts across the top of South America?
7. The northwest corner of Wyoming is at 45 degrees North latitude, 111 degrees
West longitude. What does this describe?
8. What is the best way to measure the spread of the Sahara during a calendar year?
9. What is Geography?
10. Spain and New York City are both located in which hemisphere?
11. A newspaper reported that an earthquake was recorded at 8.7. What device was
used to obtain this measurement, and what was measured?
12. What three items are likely to erupt from a volcano?
13. What three items are likely to occur in the Ring of Fire?
14. What terms do scientists use to identify physical component of the biosphere?
15. What are mountains and how are they shown on a map?
16. What floats on top of molten magma under the earth’s surface?
17. What is composed of only organic material?
18. Rust is an example of which process?
19. Where would a developer be most likely to find a sufficient supply of water for a
network of wells for a community?
20. Where do tectonic plates move past each other?
21. In a _______________, citizens vote for representatives to serve them in the
central government.
22. In the mid-1960s, Great Britain’s new rock band, the Beatles, came to the United.
Suddenly, young men all over the nation wearing their hair longer, in styles that
matched the Beatles. This is an example of __________________.
23. Every nation is a _________________________________________________.
24. The _________________ of an area might be expressed as 26.8 people per square
mile.
25. Along with a city, suburbs and exurbs make up __________________________.
26. In a _________________, the government determines and regulates the
production of goods and services.
27. A population will be most likely to grow if ___________________.
28. The central core of a city where its commercial activity takes places is called the
____________________.
29. A region’s systems for transporting its goods to market, communicating with
other regions, and fueling its factories are examples of the region’s
__________________________.
30. The average amount of money earned by each person in a nation or states is
measured as __________________ income.