Download Geography Study Guide ANSWER KEY!

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Geography Study Guide ANSWER KEY!
Directions: Define each term using your notes.
Key/Legend: Explains the symbols and colors on the map
Compass: Tells the direction
Title: Tells the type of map and location
Scale: Tells the distance between two places in real life
Map: A visual representation, or model, of part of the Earth
Hemisphere: Half of a globe; can be North and South or East and West
Projection: A way of showing a curved object on a flat surface
Latitude: Imaginary lines that run east to west around the globe
Longitude: Imaginary lines that run north and south around the globe
1. What do colors on physical maps indicate?
Elevation of land and depth of ocean
2. On a political map, the boundaries of what are shown?
Countries, states, and cities
3. List three examples of what might be shown on a thematic map.
Population, environment, resources
4. Describe the difference between lines of latitude and longitude.
Latitude lines run East and West and longitude lines run North and South
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Directions: Use the map below to answer the questions that follow.
Europe After World War I (1918)
1. What type of map is shown?
Political Map
2. What is the title of the map?
“Europe After World War 1”
3. The scale shown represents one inch. How many miles are represented by one inch?
600 Miles
4. What do the border lines on the map represent?
Country Borders
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Direction: Define each of the five themes of geography. Give an example of each.
Movement: The movement of people, ideas, resources, and goods affect our world
Example: 6th graders moving from elementary to middle school
Human-Environment Interaction: Humans adapt to the environment, humans modify
the environment, humans depend on the environment
Example: Using rivers to transport goods
Region: Regions are a group of places with similar physical features, culture, traits,
or government in common
Example: The attendance boundary for KMS
Location: Absolute location is an exact spot on earth, like latitude and longitude or a
street address; relative location is the location in relation to something else
Example: Bahama Bucks is around the corner from KMS
Place: Place describes what it is like when you get there; human characteristics
and physical characteristics
Example: Arizona has a desert landscape, including cacti and lots of dirt